I am from Singapore, and am just wondering if anyone has any experience successfully reblooming paphs in the hot tropics (besides the native ones like...
Hi, I managed to get a spicerianum to spike, but the rain made it rot during the monsoon season. Where do you get ur paphs from? I'm from singapore too. Jon ...
Hello everyone, I have rec'd an interesting letter from Jon in Singapore about a spicerianum. I am confused. I bought an Oncidium spicerianum at an orchid ...
hello kinder, a distinct plant, also called a taxon, is defined by its genus AND species names. So you can have different plants with the same species name....
In Guam I have similar situations that you do there. Also they do at the Orchidarium in Manilla, Phillipines. During the monsoons/typhoons; I try to keep...
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I am new to the list. I recently bought the above-named Orchid (white with fuschia spots randomly all over the white flower). It was flowering at the time I...
I am new to the list. I recently bought the above-named Orchid (white with fuschia spots randomly all over the white flower). It was flowering at the time I...
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Hi, It sounds like it is doing fine. Usually the stem turns brown after it finishes blooming although sometimes it will rebloom on the old stem if yoou cut it...
If you cut the stem back to the next node below where it bloomed ----it will bloom again. Just do not do this too often as it will eventually kill the plant....
Paphiopedalums are tempermental plants--they are both very easy to grow and hard to grow. The best thing you can do is get some books on Orchids particularly...
Hello everyone, I would like to know if anyone is using the Orchidtalk.com software and what they think about it. I have a collection of about 250 and still...
You need to get some pesticides (which I do not believe in using but this is necessary) which will kill ants. You can find these at most garden stores. IT IS...
Hi, Whenever I have a ants problem, I immediately repot....not advisable, as paphs should not be repotted unless very necessary. But I see this solution as the...
In addition..I have had ant troubles in the past.. immersing the pots in water for a while helps in getting rid/killing most of the ants. never have had aphid...
Rick, Use ant stakes (like Grant's). Follow instructions. Lay on top of a couple of pots next to the paphs and around the bench, windowsill, etc. Mark...
ants are the easiest thing to get rid of. Simply make a solution of 1 gal water to 1/2 cup liquid soap (any brand). water each plant, letting it run through....
Aphid are like milk cows for the ants. They carry them to the plants in the morning and carry them home at night. You can pore the soap solution right in the...
You don't need poisons. Use a solution of soapy water or sprinkle sage (fresh or out of the kitchen spice shelf. They hate sage and the soapy water kills the...
Dear George, I know it has been awhile and I do appologize. I am planning a trip to Au. during the Christmas season. Can you send some of those Ozzie Native...
Did you look at the plants with a magnifying glass or an industrial microscope? Aphids and scale in the younger stages are just about imppossible to see....
This is an interesting and useful tip...thks. If soap water in such high concentrations are harmless, than can't I have a system where water from the bathroom...
Pat, You can replant paphs even if in bloom, but especially if you feel you may lose them if you don't. A all New Zealand Moss medium (sphagnum moss) to grow...
Rick, You can get ant stakes at Lowes/home depot or any hardware stores, and most groceries. They are stakes with an attached metal cup with a hole. The poison...
