ljmacphee | March 17, 2008
If you are having trouble getting the right amount of water to your orchids consider this method.
“People think that they’re thirsty, that ‘I better get that orchid a little drink of water,”‘ said orchid grower Bob Fuchs. “They rot them.”
Whether buying orchids in a grocery store, a big-box retailer or a specialty garden shop like [...]
ljmacphee | April 11, 2007
Orchids are about the easiest flowering house plants to grow you’ll find.
If you read the house plant forums you’d think that every orchid needed its own private special micro environment. But that just isn’t true.
The orchids you are most likely to find for sale as house plants include: Cattelya, Dendrobium, Oncidium, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, and [...]
ljmacphee | April 4, 2007
What to do if your orchid is not doing well?
I find the most common orchid problems are scale, too little sun, or too little water.
With the exception of Phalaenopsis most orchids need a fair bit of sun. You can tell by the color of the leaves, too dark means too little sun. Too [...]
