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1. Repot the Orchid. Once your orchid is done blooming, repot it. “I recommend repotting an orchid every two years,” Kondrat says. If your orchid came from the store potted in sphagnum moss ...
All orchids fall into one of two general types based on their growth patterns, and you need to know an orchid’s growth pattern to prune it correctly. Monopodial orchids grow on a single stem ...
The stems of dendrobium orchids are thick pseudobulbs that store water and nutrients and should not be cut after blooming. With such a diverse plant family, I encourage home growers to try new ...
Phalaenopsis (/ ˌ f æ l ɪ ˈ n ɒ p s ɪ s /), also known as moth orchids, [2] is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae.Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end.
Tipularia discolor is an orchid with a reddish brown stem and dull yellow to purplish brown weakly monosymmetric flowers. [10] The leaves of the orchid are easily distinguished as they are ovate with a bright green adaxial surface (top) and a purple abaxial surface (bottom). In autumn, a single leaf emerges, which lasts throughout the winter. [11]
Dendrobium loddigesii (Loddiges' dendrobium) is a miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial orchid that comes from Laos, Vietnam, and China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters, in areas with dry winter and a wet spring and summer.
Bulbophyllum is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus.
You see, moth orchids are tropical plants and they do not like cold weather, so bring them indoors before the temperatures drop into the 50s and place them close to a window that has bright ...