Category: Culture

Summers And Your Orchids

Author is Anu Dharmani, posted over 6 years ago With summers in full swing, the soaring temperatures and accompanying dry wind is a killer for man and plants alike, especially in the dry tropics. While man can take shelter, the plants have to be... 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

AIR SPACE: For Insulation

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Ideally, the air space between two covers should be approximately one and a half inches thick; spaces of three-quarters to eight inches are used; below three-quarters inch the effectiveness is rapi... Read More

ALASKA: Growing Orchids There

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Long winter days may be a serious problem; fertilize in winter 1 tpg. 30-10-10 every two or three weeks; in summer's long days, every second watering; in osmunda water only in summer. A71-715 Read More

ALARM SYSTEMS: How to Make One

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Basic requirements are a six-volt car battery, a bell or a buzzer, an ordinary bell transformer, a 24 volt A.C. relay, a set of contacts, an inexpensive bell button, a shut-off switch, extension wi... Read More

ANGRAECUMS: Minimum Optimums

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago 55 degrees F. at night; 50% relative humidity; 2,000 fcs. winter, 4,000 fcs. summer. AU71-135 Read More

AGAR, LIQUID: With Glasswool Substrate

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Produced superior growth of paphiopedilum seedlings over solidified agar. A76-12+ Read More