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There are many techniques for propagating orchids and the cutting orchid technique is one technique that most orchid grower usually used. Normally, we cut a piece (new growth) from a main orchid plant to plant in a new pot or other composts. This old technique, some orchid plant will not survive because the orchid plant [...]
Warning : Buying orchids that took from forest have effects more than you think Orchid species is very attractive. Each species have completely different attractive points, some species have cute flowers and some have lovely leaves and form. Now, there are many hobbyists that grow and collect orchid species. Some people buy orchid species from [...]
Today I want to share an easiest way to make a keiki from your orchids. The picture below is show keikis of dendrobium pulchellum in my garden.
A problem of growing orchids that most growers have is rot. It’s a big problem because if we fix it too late, the orchid absolutely die. Today, I want to share the suggestion to sove this problem. It’s easy and fast.
The aim of growing orchids is seeing our orchids give beautiful flowers but someone never see own orchid flowers. Today I want to share a little tip for growing dendrobium orchids to flower. It’s easy but we have to learn about a habit of the orchids that we growing. So, we can understand and make [...]
| The most orchids that we usually know is epiphytic orchid but in nature we have another kind of orchids, It is a terrestrial orchid. Someone told me that this kind of orchid is unattractive because they have small flowers but for me they have something fascinating and mysterious. | ||
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In the wild we can easily group orchids in two groups. First is epiphytic orchid, this group is generally grow on tree but sometime they can grow on rock or cliff too. |
Dendrobium lamyaiae
Found in Laos and Thailand as a miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and summer.
Often spelled D lanyaiae, the correct spelling is D lamyaiae which refers to the tree that it is often associated with the Lamyai fruit tree which is also called longans.
Arundina graminifolia
This is a species orchid that most orchid growers know as a bamboo orchid because it has stems and leaves look like bamboo plant.
This tropical Asiatic genus extends from India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands. It has been introduced in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Panama and Hawaii.
There are many techniques for propagating orchids and the cutting orchid technique is one technique that most orchid grower usually used. Normally, we cut a piece (new growth) from a main orchid plant to plant in a new pot or other composts. This old technique, some orchid plant will not survive because the orchid plant is not healthy enough for cutting and some orchid plant is growing slowly after you plant it in a new pot or other composts.
Warning : Buying orchids that took from forest have effects more than you think
Orchid species is very attractive. Each species have completely different attractive points, some species have cute flowers and some have lovely leaves and form. Now, there are many hobbyists that grow and collect orchid species. Some people buy orchid species from legal farms (legal farms have to have permit about growing orchid species from government) but some people buy orchid species from illegal farm who sell orchid species that took from forest. If you buy orchid species from illegal farm, you must realize that your orchid collection is dangerous.
Vanda coerulea commonly known as ” The Blue Vanda“ (In Thailand called “Fah-Mui“) , is an orchid species. It is a medium to large sized vanda, cold to cool growing, monopodial epiphyte that is found in India, Burma and Thailand. Vanda coerulea has very stout stems carrying coriaceous, ligulate, distichous, conduplicate, obliquely tridentate apically leaves and blooms in the fallon an axillary, erect or suberect, 2′ [60 cm] long, laxly few to several flowered inflorescence with long-lasting flowers.
Today I want to share an easiest way to make a keiki from your orchids. The picture below is show keikis of dendrobium pulchellum in my garden.
A problem of growing orchids that most growers have is rot. It’s a big problem because if we fix it too late, the orchid absolutely die.
Today, I want to share the suggestion to sove this problem. It’s easy and fast.
The aim of growing orchids is seeing our orchids give beautiful flowers but someone never see own orchid flowers. Today I want to share a little tip for growing dendrobium orchids to flower.
It’s easy but we have to learn about a habit of the orchids that we growing. So, we can understand and make our orchids flower.
Cattleya orchid is the popular orchid which most orchid growers like to grow and most orchid farms grow for a commercial. In a commercial, orchid farms usually propagate cattleya orchid by making orchid flasks that make from seeds and cloning from buds.
