The Epidendrum magnoliae that Prem mentioned is actually native to coastal Georgia, though if you are in Zone 7/8, I suspect that you are not near the coast....
Watch this important 3 minute FOX News video clip. Click on the link below: "Deal or Dud" http://4-ecorp.com/wmv/Fox_News_TX.WMV The product is 10 years old...
I saw some cocopeat, and I read somewhere that I can use this for potting the orchids. It has 6.5 pH. To much for the orchids? Can I use it for the orchids? ...
cocopeat is excellent for terrestrial orchids. I use a mixture of cocopeat and perlite, about 60:40 cocopeat to perlite for Jewel orchids, cymbidiums, and...
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...cocopeat = coconut coir?... "e.muehlbauer" <e.muehlbauer@...> wrote: cocopeat is excellent for terrestrial orchids. I use a mixture of...
Coconut fiber (I think this is the cocopeat...) ... for terrestrial orchids. I use a mixture of cocopeat ... cymbidiums, ... filling the pot ... obviously it ...
Coconut coir is excellent for many orchids, I especially like it for newly deflasked seedlings. I put about an inch of it in a mesh flat that has a piece of...
cocopeat is powdered coconut husk residue. Its packed into a condensed brick. When soaked, it expands to about a gallon's worth...similar texture to peat moss,...
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Hi all I have a Vanda sumon sophonsiri x coerules and need to split it and have read that if i cut the top off with 3 roots at least both parts will grow . My...
hi robert, maybe you can send me a picture of the plant, then i can digitally mark the spot were you should separate the plant further more it is important...
Robert, from my experience, the bottom part even if woody and without leaves will most likely sprout new branches, ie little vandas :) and utilize the roots...
Hi, In my experience, new shoots would come up from the bottom part. Khushroo ... Hi all I have a Vanda sumon sophonsiri x coerules and need to split it and...
Greetings - I've had this plant for several years, and it has grown well. It forms small fan-shaped clumps of foliage, at very most 4"/100mm tall. It grows on...
Hello, I haven't tried this with a vanda, but I've tried it a couple of times with a renanthera, which grows like a vanda and both times the top section...
Hello all, I have been adding quite a lot of pictures to my webalbums the past weeks. http://community.webshots.com/user/OlafPronk?action=publicAlbums Other...
Hello - I've done this 2-3 times with big overgrown vandas; I cut below the top 3-4 healthy roots. The bottoms I give away. The recipients tell me that they...
Hi Robert, Before you go ahead with you severing... check if your vanda has an "eye" (more like a little growth) on the woody stick. If it has, then I would ...
Hello Olaf, Great photos. I love caudiform plants and especially enjoyed seeing the Madagascar species. I grow Adeniums and Pachypodiums, but they're a lot...
Has anyone grown any of these unique and beautiful plants? I've suddenly gained an interest in trying at least one type-Bollea, Pescatorea, maybe Huntleya or...
Dave, please let us know your GOOD sources. Many years ago, I successfully grew a Huntleya meleagris at the window sill. It was quite a thrill! I imported...
...we won our Pescatorea cerina 'Belmont' at the san francisco orchid society monthly raffle...it has done very well at times but as of today i moved it to a...
please forgive this totally off-topic message but i thought all plant fanatics would appreciate seeing this. for the first time ever, a titan arum tuber ...
I grew a number of orchids in the 70's and 80's and then due to family difficulties gave them up. Well, started back in fall of 2004. And let me tell you...
i think i first saw this article in the gesneriad list, but here it is FYI. an interesting method but won't work for anything but an enclosed space. ...
Hiya Susan! Well, I am relatively new to orchids, but one of the great things nowadays is alot of information regarding orchids is so easily accessible...
Hi All Just add a few more photos on orchids. Happy viewing… [:)] http://www.flickr.com/photos/71114523@N00 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/71114523@N00> ...
Thank you for showing us your orchid photos. I especially like the Cymbidium bicolor. I notice that your plants look to be warm growers. Does Cymbidium...
Hi all, The Orchidstudium Project congregates researchers and collectors of orchids, mainly of Brazilian native species, for the purpose of extending and ...