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Aphid Repelling Plants That Can Grow With Orchids

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago Before the advent of modern pesticide/insecticide regimen, farmers used natural methods to control pests in their crops. These natural methods have long being forgotten; however now scientists are ... Read More

Controlling Mealybugs on Orchid

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago It is now mealybugs turning up to trouble me and my plants, though luckily enough it was one plant ‘Tecoma’ (yellow bells, ghanti phul) which was attacked. My orchids are safe for now, but in case ... Read More

Shifting Orchids Inside

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago The weather is taking a turn and your orchids need to be shifted inside, as the outside temperatures have started to dip. Orchids have different sensitivity to the temperature. There are some orchi... Read More

Some Orchids Might Survive Outside In Winter

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted almost 8 years ago There are orchids that could survive even in snow. According to their response to temperature variation in the climate, orchids can be broadly classified into three categories: sensitive, intermedi... Read More

Angraecum Veitchii "The First"

Author is Tom Kuligowski, posted almost 8 years ago      Who was John Seden?  He was a horticulturist working for the Veitch Nurseries in the Southwest part of England in the late 1800s and into the early 1900s.  John was a hybridizer that was respo... Read More

Angraecoids of South Africa

Author is Tom Kuligowski, posted almost 8 years ago        Over the last fourteen years, I have had the opportunity to meet numerous people from all parts of the globe that have a passion for Angraecoids.  Meeting some in person and others via the i... Read More

Angraecum Culture with Semi-Hydroponic Techniques

Author is Tom Kuligowski, posted almost 8 years ago        "This guest post was written upon my request by Professor Chris Johnson from the University of Utah.  Dr. Johnson has a passion like so many of us: orchids.  This post addresses his issue re... Read More

The Ghost Orchid, Into the Slough

Author is Tom Kuligowski, posted almost 8 years ago        I would like to introduce a new guest writer that submitted an article pertaining to Dendrophylax lindenii; commonly referred to as the "Ghost Orchid".  I thank Wendy Mazuk for taking the ti... Read More

Angraecum Longiscott

Author is Tom Kuligowski, posted almost 8 years ago Longiscott is the Angraecoid that started it all.  My first bloomed in the summer 0f 2000.  The above plant is one from a batch I obtained from H & R Orchids about two years ago.  This plant is... Read More

Microcoelia stolzii

Author is Tom Kuligowski, posted almost 8 years ago Microcoelia stolzii, found throughout the south eastern coast into the south central sections of Africa.  Mic. stolzii grows on twigs and branches in evergreen forests and woodlands within a high r... Read More