Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
How to Make Your Collection Work for You
ASSEMBLING A QUALITY ORCHID collection can require strategy and discipline. It is easy to succumb to the temptation to purchase every pretty plant that...
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Let the Buyer Beware
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Savvy Shoppers Check a Plant Top to Bottom Before Making a Purchase
A QUALITY ORCHID COLLECTION starts with healthy plants, but purchasing such plants is not always as easy as it might seem. W...
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Grown-Up Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Beginning with Mature Plants Offers Advantages
IT’S IRONIC THAT MOST OF US acquire our orchid plants at an immature stage, often waiting patiently for years for that first flower. Once they re...
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Go Wild (Orchid Species)
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
13 Orchid Species You Can Grow
ORCHID SPECIES FREQUENTLY have the undeserved reputation of being difficult-to-cultivate prima donnas with ordinary flowers. If you share that philosophy, here i...
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Garden Variety Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Selections for Growing Outdoors in Tropical and Temperate Regions
WHILE MOST OF US CULTIVATE OUR tropical orchids in some sort of protected environment, in many parts of the country there are ...
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Easy Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Suggestions for Choosing Plants Requiring Minimal Care
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL TOPIC for an article. Many of us want to enjoy orchid flowers with a minimum of fuss and I have found that most ...
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Containing Your Enthusiasm
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Providing for the Requirements of Plant Root Systems
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE IS little that is more foreign to an epiphyte than life in a flowerpot. Epiphytic orchids, in particular, are ...
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Buying Mature Plants
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Making a Case for Investing in Plants with Immediate Rewards
GROWING ORCHIDS IS DIFFERENT from such short-term horticultural pursuits as vegetable gardening and the culture of flowering annual...
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Beginners Start Here
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
A 12-Step Plan for Becoming a Successful Orchid Grower
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE ORCHID hobby and perhaps feel you are not enjoying the success with your plants that you had hoped for, read throug...
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The Catt House
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Cattleyas Set the standard by Which Other Genera Can Be Grown
IN ORCHID LITERATURE AND discussions, it is common to read or hear references to “typical orchid conditions” or “basic orchid cult...
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