The important factor for pollinating orchids is healthy pollinating parent, healthy pod parent and time. The appropriate time to pollinating orchids is 3-5 days after the pod parent’s flowers are bloom (Depending on each kind).
Archive for December, 2009
Propagating Orchid 2-Pollinating orchids
Posted by admin on December 20th, 2009
Posted in Growing orchid Tips 
Tags: cattleya, cloning orchid, mericlone, orchid, pollinating, pollinating orchid, propagating, propagating orchid 
No Comments »Propagating Orchid By Seed part 1-Removing and keeping orchids pollinia
Posted by admin on December 14th, 2009
Pollinating orchids is a delicate process but it is very important because when you are pollinating the orchid flower you will receive unique flower that different from mericloning orchids especially when you cross-pollination of two orchids, you will create a new unique individuals flowers that never occur before.
Posted in Growing orchid Tips Tags: cattleya, cloning orchid, mericlone, orchid, pollinating, pollinating orchid, propagating, propagating orchid No Comments »Planting Vanda orchid
Posted by admin on December 11th, 2009
Today I want to share the suggestion for repotting and planting vanda orchid by planting in basket without mediums. The vanda orchid is an air grown orchid. So,It can grow without mediums. And this is the easy suggestion step by step
Posted in Growing orchid Tips Tags: growing orchid, growing vanda, orchid, orchids, planting orchid, planting vanda, vanda, vanda orchid 5 Comments »Charcoal vs Coconut husk : Which one do you prefer?
Posted by admin on December 11th, 2009
Many people ask me which medium is appropiate for planting cattleya orchid. Nomally, each farm uses different mediums. Nobody can’t tell which one is the best but we have an idea for choosing your own appropiate medium.
Posted in Growing orchid Tips Tags: cattleya, charcoal, coconut husk, growing orchid, orchid, orchid mediums, planting orchid 1 Comment »Terrestrial orchids
Posted by admin on December 10th, 2009
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.
Posted in Growing orchid Tips Tags: bulbs, growing orchid, orchid, orchids, terrestrial orchid, terrestrial orchids No Comments »Clone your phalaenopsis by keiki paste
Posted by admin on December 9th, 2009
Keiki pronounced “kay-key”) is the Hawaiian word for “baby” or “child”, literally meaning “the little one”. In horticulture, it refers to a plant produced asexually by an orchid plant, usually used when referring to Dendrobium, Epidendrum (sensu latu), and Phalaenopsis orchids.
Planting Cattleya orchid
Posted by admin on December 7th, 2009
Cattleya orchid is easy growing and planting. I want to share my experience about planting cattleya that I usually plant my cattleyas. It’s very easy and everyone can do it at your home.
Posted in Growing orchid Tips Tags: cattleya, growing cattleya, growing orchid, orchid, planting cattleya, planting orchid No Comments »Meristem or Tissue culture
Posted by admin on December 6th, 2009
Meristem culture is done under laboratory conditions as extreme cleanliness and sterility are required otherwise all attempts will fail. This is a highly skilful and scientific method of propagation where the very growing centre of a new growth bud is taken and grown on by agitating constantly in a special nutrient rich liquid until the [...]
Seed
Posted by admin on December 6th, 2009
Again this is a technique better suited to laboratory conditions as absolute sterility is needed for success. Orchid seed is almost like dust and unlike ordinary seed which has a starchy food within it to sustain the growing seedling, orchid seed has none and so special techniques are required to sustain it during the formative [...]
