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These orchids grow flower spikes, leaves, and aerial roots from a single growth point on that stem. Phalaenopsis, or moth orchids , fall into this category, as do vanda orchids.
That’s when the plant is preparing to put on new growth and new blooms, so it needs a good meal. Kondrat recommends using a fertilizer formulated for orchids, diluted to 25% of the strength ...
White mold affects a wide range of hosts and causes sclerotinia stem rot. It is known to infect 408 plant species. As a nonspecific plant pathogen, [3] diverse host range and ability to infect plants at any stage of growth makes white mold a very serious disease. The fungus can survive on infected tissues, in the soil, and on living plants.
Watering orchids with ice cubes is actually not often recommended, despite many people’s personal experiences. At the time, I was completely unaware that watering orchids with ice cubes was ...
The English name 'common spotted' refers to the species' abundance and the spots on its leaves. The French and German common names also honour Leonhart Fuchs. This plant belongs to a problematic group of orchids. D. maculata subsp. fuchsii is very variable in flower colour and flower morphology, plant height and the scent of flowers.
When not flowering, Pterostylis truncata has a rosette of between two and six bright green, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves, each leaf 10–35 mm (0.4–1 in) long and 5–18 mm (0.2–0.7 in) wide. When it flowers it produces a single white flower with green and brown stripes, borne on a spike 50–150 mm (2–6 in) high.
Dancing lady orchids are light loving orchids that can live in 40-70% humidity. I also love boat orchids ( Cymbidium ). They are cool growing, so they work well in indoor environments, provided ...
Cephalanthera austiniae is a species of orchid known as the phantom orchid and snow orchid [2] because the entire plant is white except for a few yellow markings on the flowers. The orchid is native to the western United States ( California , Oregon , Washington and Idaho ), and to British Columbia , Canada.