Aloha Everyone, I transplanted my 4 Masdevalias today. I never had plants like this before and I'm not sure if I transplanted them the right way. The plants...
Aloha, I still use natural (tea tree bath soap) soap for small clean ups. At one time I had lots of scales on my Gardenias and Orchids. I isolated a lot of my...
Aloha Bob, Thanks for the tip. Moss grows in my area and I think it is sphagnum moss. I'll keep an eye on what I did and if it doesn't help I'll transplant it...
I find that where the temperatures in summer are hot (my greenhouse goes into the high 30C's) my Masdevallias survive if I grow them in clay pots and tend to...
So, it needs to be moist all the time? Madame Ladybug Hawaii Angels Live Forever likogirl designs ... From: Mike O'Connor <dambuzao@...> Subject: Re:...
I find that in a hot climate the clay pot acts as a wet wall/cooling device. The clay absorbs moisture which then evaporates and thus cools the roots. The clay...
Aloha Mike, Thanks for the tip. It makes a lot sense using the clay pot. Most of my shade loving plants are growing on the front stairs. I guess my babies...
Aloha Everyone, I'm back in the garden transplanting again. Many of my Orchids have outgrown their pots. It's going to take me forever to repot them. The Great...
I am trying to contact a Jamie Lawton who edited the newsletter for his orchid society (?Verona Beach in Florida) but I get no response to my e-mails that I...
I have updated my blog with photos of the exceedingly rare and elusive orchid, Triphora craigheadii. It is so small that it has gone undetected for many years...
Incedibly beautiful and so tiny!! I have passed the link on to some friends. Thank you. Simon. ... From: Prem Subrahmanyam To: orchidspecies@yahoogroups.com ...
The world-famous Corkscrew Swamp ghost orchid is in bloom again. This is the only ghost orchid whose location is not kept a well-guarded secret, but is rather...
Hello My name's Melquiades and I got as gift an orchid sometime ago. I didn't know how to atke care of it, and the big leaves and the stick where the flowers...
Melk, Your plant looks like a Phalaenopsis from the photos. I think that you have it potted in too large a container and you have it too deep into the potting...
Hello Mike, Thanks for helping!!! What about the flower stick? Is it a problem to have it cutted close to the base of the plant? Will grow another one? Since...
Melk, Do not worry about the old flower spike. It is history and will not grow again. Your plant looks a bit small to flower just yet and I would advise you to...
Aloha Everyone, Welcome to the newbies!!! I haven't been in the garden for over a month. After transplanting my Orchids my back and knees are giving me...
Tobacco mosaic virus was originally transfered to Orchids by tobacco users in the days before viruses were known to exist. By 1950, it had become rampant and...
Hellow Bill, My question is, how much do I need to worry? Clearly, constantly handling tobacco and then the plants is going to give repeated doses of...
Hello to every one in this Group I would share those pictures with you all ,I hope you like it Francine from Belgium [Non-text portions of this message have...
Aloha Everyone, I hurt myself last Sunday. I haven't been in the garden or tending to most of my Orchids. The only Orchids getting attention is the ones on the...
Yes --think---any disease can be spread---often they are genera and species specific limited or for the time being be uncommunicatable only to later become...
I do not know what your limitations are but a clean orchid collection requires a clean enviroment for them---that means washing down (when whether permits)...
Have you also considered that this nursery (I would not do business with them) is saying that testing for viruses is a waste of time simply because it is...
Thank you for all those emails and the information contained, Bill. I really don't know why there is such a discepency between the level of care you are...
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