Author is Roy Makio, posted 7 months ago
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Trichoglottis fasciata
Author is Steven Kirincich, posted about 3 years ago
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Small Wonders
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Tempting Choices to Grow Where Space is Limited
MANY POPULAR ORCHID SPECIES and their hybrids eventually grow to become sizeable plants. While a specimen-size standard cattleya or angraecum in...
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Orchid Scents
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Flowers Stimulate the Senses with Fragrances Ranging from Foul to Flattering
MOST CORSAGE BUYERS AND recipients would probably tell you that while orchids are commonly regarded as the most exo...
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To the Point
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Terete-Leaved Orchids are Candidates for Bright Light
ORCHIDS WITH THIN, TAPERING, pencil-shaped leaves that are rounded in cross section have what botanists term terete leaves. This rather un...
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BASKETS: For Vandaceous Plants
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Because these plants set back if moved from their pots, a basket is preferred so that the plant and basket can be soaked in water so the roots can be coiled around the basket before it is placed in...
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VANDAS: Inducing Rooting
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
To make roots appear half -way up the stem so that dividing and repotting can follow, peel the tight brown outer covering "bark" off the stem; a root tip should appear soon after. AU76-129
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VANDAS: Air-layering
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Cut around the stem into live tissue; dust with Rootone, and place wet sphagnum over it, cover with polyethylene and secure with elastic bands; wait till roots are 1.5 inches, cut off and pot. F70-117
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VANDAS: Lack Roots Up-stem for Repotting
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Air-layer the stems to induce rooting by wrapping some places on the stem with moist sphagnum wrapped with polyethylene secured top and bottom with string or elastic, until new roots are large enou...
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VANDA RINGSPOT: Possibly a Virus Disease
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Slightly raised yellow concentric rings mostly on the upper leaf surface; green bands appear between the rings then fade and become yellow; with age the area dies and turns purple-black; no control...
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