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FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS: Design Principles

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The point scoring and scale for design, color harmony, conformance to schedule, distinctions, creativity, and condition; for instructions refer to AA87-209 Read More

FLOWER NECROSIS: In Cattleya Hybrids

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Cymbidium mosaic virus alone can produce necrotic flowers; methods of experiments given; illus. of infected flower. A70-306+ Read More

FLOWER SPIKES: Breaking Off Without Cause

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In equitant oncidiums it can be caused by heat or water stress. A86-586 Read More

SEED PODS: Phalaenopsis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Cultural directions; pods take six to eight months to mature; remove when about to crack open; place in clean paper; spray with Lysol aerosol disinfectant; dry; open the pod and collect the seed on... Read More

SEED PODS: Spike Deterioration

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Sometimes a spike carrying a pod rots or dries away; can be counteracted by setting more than one pod; or by setting the end pod in addition to another; spikes dying back can be cut above the pod a... Read More

SHEARS: Two Kinds Available

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago One is the knife and anvil type which bruises one side of a cut stem, the other is the usual scissors type which injures fewer cells. F86-82 Read More

SEED: Sterilization

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For the technical processes outlined for the treatment of Cephalanthera rubra, refer to A87-817Mature seed is commonly sterilized in saturated calcium hypochlorite, 7 grams to a liter of water, the... Read More

MOUNTS: Growing Plants as Epiphytes

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A collection of 40,000 plants moved from pots to cork mounts proved a great success; other successful mount materials were Mexi-fern slabs, olive branches; redwood planks also served well; bad ones... Read More

BARK, FIR: Characteristics

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is the most-used potting media in the U.S description, advantages, peculiarities, statistics of usage; refer to A86-492Osmunda retains 110 to 140 times more nutrients than bark; after one flushi... Read More

ALBINOS: In Cymbidium Breeding

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Achievements in albino plants in Australia, refer to AU81-16 Read More

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