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Ten Unique And Mysterious Orchids

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted over 7 years ago Beautiful flowers are the orchids' main attraction. The orchids flowers are very unique in their structure and have a myriad of colours. Though, the floral structure of orchid flowers does follow a... Read More

Orchids- Book Review

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted over 7 years ago Recently, while searching a book on orchid culture, I came across quite an old book on orchids. Orchids – Structure, History and Culture is a classic book and was written in 1886 by Lewis Castle, w... Read More

Making Name Labels For Orchids

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted over 7 years ago With spring peeping through the leaves, the need for repotting will present itself for some of your orchids. With repotting you will also be requiring new labels for the newly repotted orchids. Nam... Read More

Growing Your Cymbidiums

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago There a large number of both tree growing Cymbidiums as well as ground growing ones. These are easy to grow orchids in general and show tolerance to a wide range of temperatures, especially the epi... Read More

Orchids Need To be Labelled

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago Labelling your orchids is very important. Every experienced orchidologist, or rather anyone working with plants in general, will advise beginners as well as old hands to always label the plants. Wh... Read More

Alternative Of Urea for Orchids

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago Once we learnt to how to produce fertilizers for plants, there was a tremendous sprout in their use. Urea was an early entrant in the list of artificially prepared commercial fertilizer. Though it ... Read More

PH (GENERAL): Buffering

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Most organic media have a high cation exchange and they buffer against nutrient and pH levels; for water, best growth follows the use of a pH level of 6 to 7. A85-1435 Read More

PH (GENERAL): And Acidity

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For results of tests, soil chemistry data, chemicals, availability chart of nutrients relative to a situation, refer to AU85(1)-10 Read More

PH (GENERAL): Adjustment with Dolomite Limestone

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago If paphlopedilums are growing in a medium of 6.3 or lower a light top dressing is recommended; if pH is 7.6 or more, repot the plant. A80-229 Read More

WORMS: Medium

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The best substrate for Cattleya labiata; it is a fern trunk fiber Dicksonia sellowiana, native to Brazil's Atlantic forest; now endangered. OD87-147 Read More