If your plants are directly on the ground does this not cause blockage of the draininge holes and tus causing your plants to rot? Do you soak your cinders to...
Aloha Mike, No there is no blockage of the draining holes. The holes are on the sides on the bottom. I use large cinders on the bottom of the pot. I don't soak...
Many thanks for the reply. I grow my orchids mainly in clay pots with a drainage hole at the bottom. I grow in pine bark (about the size of a thumbnail but am...
Hello Madame Ladybug, When you say cinders, is that the same as charcoal? I have heard it is best for orchids in a climate such as you have discribed. In all...
Aloha Mike, Sounds like you have your hands full with all of those Orchids. I'm surprised that you use a strong solution of fertilizers. Because of the...
Aloha Simon, Cinders is lava from the volcano. We have black cinders and red cinders. I have no clue on why it's in 2 different colors. Most flower growers use...
Aloha, I did a search on this Orchid and it's beautiful. I Love the stripes in it and the leaves are like cats. Happy Gardening Madame Ladybug Hawaii...
Aloha, Been researching on this Orchid Plant. I had 1 plant and it needed to be transplanted so now I have 3. The Mother plant is about 5 years old and I have...
I was given a division of the same species and I have never flowered it since I was given it at leaast twenty years ago. In desperation I put it out in full...
I bought a rather small division about a year ago - a 4-inch or so (also deep) pot. I had one bloom that faded after several weeks (just a week or so ago)....
This is a tricky Maxillaria. I grow it very bright with a cool, dryer winter schedule but moist the rest of the year and it blooms at the beginning of May for...
Thank you for explaining the cinders. Fascinating to hear about. I understand that volcanic ash is quite fertile. Do you sieve out the finer bits to help...
Simon, Being a British colonial, cinders to me is what comes out of the furnaces of boilers. We sometimes use it to "harden" dirt roads. I have never used it...
Hello Mike, I agree about the cinders definition to me also, but I assumed Hawaii had no coal or the need for it, hence my comment about charcoal. The latter...
We grow ours outside year round under lattice. Lattice gives an advantage over shade cloth in that the plants get full sun but bars of shade pass across the...
Aloha Paul and Diane, Sure looks like my Maxillaria tenuifolia. The only thing is mine has no blooms. I'm going to relocate my plants. Thanks Madame Ladybug ...
Cinders is the geological term for the relatively lightweight regurgitate of a volcano that is larger than ash and with a spongy appearance due to numerous gas...
Sure is well earned. I'm jealous. I'm hoping that mine will wake up and throw me some blooms. Madame Ladybug Hawaii Angels Live Forever likogirl designs ... ...
Thanks Paul. I studied geology in my first year at Uni, but don't remember that word being used in that context, but then I don't remember a lot of things...
Here in the States something called "lava rock" is used for mulching outdoor beds. And I think the same is used for growing orchids particularly by Hawaiian...
That is usually the same stuff, but I have seem some amazing things bagged and pawned to the unaware. particularly, watch out for merely broken lava chunks. ...
That's all good info. Thanks. I ocassionally use perlite in a mix. Good stuff, but has no mineral value. Retains added moisture and fertiliser well though,...
Just be careful because I had a batch that a person used on plants we obtained from them before they left the country. Nearly ALL of the plants died and I...
5 bucks? Way to shop! Are they Masdevalias or Draculas? These do not like our climate, but I see some at a show from time to time - very exotic! Regards -...
Aloha Bob, I'm not sure. I need to do some research. I live on the cooler part of the island. I think they will do okay on my porch. Madame Ladybug Hawaii...
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