Care

Substrates for Orchids

Initially the first orchid enthusiasts kept their orchids in soil, and naturally they failed to grow epiphyte and lithophyte species – soil is not suited for these species, only terrestrial species such as Calanthe proceeded to grow in this heavy substrate. Eventually, some started using Osmunda fern as substrate. Finally they succeeded, and this was …

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Easy orchids

There is a common stereotype that orchids are elite plants, and that they are suited only for greenhouse growing – and that they are extremely difficult to grow even in a greenhouse.  This stereotype is just the stereotype from XIX century, when most orchids were recently discovered and it was unknown – how to grow them, …

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Orchid growing techniques

There are lots of orchids – thousands and thousands of species and ever more hybrids. And it is quite natural that there are a lot of orchid growing techniques for different orchid species and hybrids, fitting their growing requirements. There is no universal growing technique, and even more – some growing technique, which is fairly good for …

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How to grow mini-orchids

Mini-orchids have been gaining extreme popularity over the last years. Let’s face it, if you do not have a large greenhouse, and you have quite a restricted place for orchid growing, you simply cannot collect a large number of different species of large plants. So, miniature orchids (or mini-orchids) are a reasonable choice for orchid collectors …

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How to get an orchid to bloom?

You have the most beautiful plant in the world – orchid. It has lovely flowers, often nice scent, it blooms and eventually flowers fade off. What to do with orchids after bloom? How to get an orchid to bloom? Some people just dispose of faded orchids and use them something like “live bouquet”, but you …

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When to repot an orchid?

Nearly everyone knows the simple rule that house plants should be repotted once a year or every two years to adjust fresh soil with so much needed macro and micronutrients. And that’s why so much people asking – how often should I repot an orchid? When to repot an orchid? What’s the best time to do this? …

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When do orchids bloom?

One of the most frequent question in orchid growing – when do orchids bloom? What season do orchids bloom? And this is not so simple to answer in just a few words – it depends on many factors, including what species or hybrid exactly you’re growing. There are about 20 thousand of recognized orchid species …

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How to grow Vanilla bean plant at home

There are quite a few exotic meals, containing orchids as food ingredients. For example, Phalaenopsis gigantea’s leaves are used in salads, as well as Liparis japonica’s leaves and Satyrium’s bulbs. Cymbidium species are sometimes used to cook delicious and precious sauces, Jewel orchids such as Ludisia and Anoectochillus are used as pot herbs, Dendrobium salaccense has …

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