terra cotta pots with mossy aged finish
QuestionDo you know how to make the terra cotta pots with the mossy aged finish? I have read some time back that it can be done with yogurt. Thanks AnswerHello Marilyn, I dont know how to make moss gr
QuestionThank you for your answer ... as a quick followup, just to be sure, I foud this picture of an orchid at http://www.1888orchids.com/detail.php?prod_id=23-66-557&view=detail. This picture looks very simi
QuestionThank you for your answer ... as a quick followup, just to be sure, I foud this picture of an orchid at http://www.1888orchids.com/detail.php?prod_id=23-66-557&view=detail This picture looks very simil
QuestionHi Wayne, Should I cut off the stem once the actual flower has died? Thanks, Patty AnswerI assume that by the stem you mean the flower spike from which the flower emerges. Depending on the type of orc
Questionhi- i bought an orchid at target with a care tag that read oncidium and another tag that read vuyl. linda isler red and recieved an orchid with a tag that read odtna. yellow parade alpine as a gift. &n
phalaenopsis - regrowth cycle after pot and trim
QuestionHi - I have 3 phaleanopses that finished bloom in august. After the last bloom fell, I trimmed back the spike to the node behind where the first bloom appeared. I also repotted them all, as root
QuestionHello, I purchased a blooming denbrobium about 3 years ago. Since then I have had no new blooms and I have noticed that it has produced these tiny little mini plants at the top 1/3 of the stalks. Some have b
QuestionHi: I have a lot of mineral deposit on my orchid leaves (phaleas., dendrobiums, oncidiums, etc.) and I was wondering if there was some way to remove it. I have tried soaking leaves with de-ionized wate
What does charcoal have to do with orchids?
QuestionHi. Im a student. My gardening teacher told us about the medium used for potting and she gave us a question: Why do people use charcoal to plant orchids and what is contained in charcoal? I have no idea what
QuestionJim, Sometime last year I wrote you about some orchids Id obtained, and provided pictures; you said they were cymbidium orchids, and gave me great advice about keeping them alive. Well, alas, the last gree
Question-------------------------Thanks for the reply - I live in Georgia now. I see you are in San Jose. I grew up there (63 -76) Almaden area. I have been growing orchids in my bathroom and the humidity and bright
Why do my Orchids flower bulbs........
Questionchange to a yellow color then fall off before blooming just after 3-4 days of me bringing them home from the store? It seems like every time I puchase orchids (PHALAENOPSIS) within 3-4 days I notice th
QuestionI accidentally broke the 7 spike on my wonderful 5-yr-old phalenopsis. (The spike is now about half that size.) She was doing SO well too! Am I doomed to a bloomless year? In a desperate effort to save her,
QuestionHello I have owned phalaenopsis for a couple years now. The plant is ready to bloom and has aboput 3 buds. One of the buds turned yellow over the weekend. DO we know what could be the probable cause? What c
QuestionHi Jim, I have a phalaenopsis orchid and this past week the flowers withered away and fell off. I believe this is a normal process for the phalaenopsis orchid plant to go through. My question is
QuestionDear Sir/Madam. I am trying to purchase an unusual orchid for a gift for my father. My father has experience with growing orchids and we would like one for his birthday which is next week. I am willing to s
QuestionI live in nj and the frost season is over. Should I put some of my orchid plants outside? Someone told me that they will do better and shoot new growth faster that way. What orchid food do you think is the b
QuestionI have an orchid I bought from Hawaii 2 years ago. I dont know the type.. just know that the flowers are white (in the label that came with the small plant).. It never flowered since I bought it.. I bought i
Question------------------------- well lets try again. the plant does not appear to be from a bulb. besides normal roots it has air roots which come right out of the base. it is potted in a bark type potting media.
Phalaenopsis leaves -- remove or not?
QuestionI have a young phal that I received as a gift in Dec. 2003. It arrived in bloom, and after it finished blooming, I moved it from my office to the house. At the house, in early summer 2004, it
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