Orchids have more than just beauty and brains on their side. Certain types have been used over the centuries for holistic medicine purposes, with the Chinese opting to serve them up in tea form to combat cancer and boost immunities. Others swear that orchids are helpful for treatinggum disease...
Use a water-soluble fertilizer specifically formulated for orchids. If your orchid is planted in bark, use a fertilizer with a higher nitrogen ratio, such as 30-10-10 or 15-5-5. Other orchids do well with evenly balanced formula fertilizer ratios, such as 20-20-20. Apply according to th...
Orchids have more than just beauty and brains on their side. Certain types have been used over the centuries for holistic medicine purposes, with the Chinese opting to serve them up in tea form to combat cancer and boost immunities. Others swear that orchids are helpful for treatinggum disease...
There are several ways to propagate a dendrobium orchid. While we will discuss growing orchids from seed, this is a very long and tedious process that is not typically undertaken by home gardeners. Keikis Keikis are new plants that grow directly from the canes or stems of an orchid. ...
How To Propagate Peacock Orchids The best way to propagate acidanthera is to wait until the end of the season when you remove the bulbs. You may notice smaller bulbs clinging to the corms. You can remove these bulbs and save them for propagation or separate them at planting time. ...
How to Propagate Moth Orchid For most home growers, the most effective method of propagation is through plantlets known as keikis. These tiny plant clones develop on the flower stem and are completely separate orchids. You can leave them on the plant—some growers choose to—but the keikis wi...
Dracula orchids are somewhat difficult to propagate, although not impossible for the determined gardener. Growing from seed is never the fastest way to propagate orchids, but for Dracula orchids in particular, it may be the best way to produce more than one plant. ...
Orchid cacti got their name because their flowers are just as beautiful as many orchids. Called epiphytes or epiphyllums, the orchid cactus makes a good houseplant for those who enjoy lovely flowers in their homes and gardens. Place a saucer filled with pebbles under your potted orchid cactus...
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I don’t know that there’s a list of plants out there for do’s and don’ts, but there are a few good candidates to try. Most tropical houseplants are good candidates. I’ve seen lots of articles on orchids, and I just recently put a rescue phalaenopsis in semi-hydroponics. Other ...