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Find out how to prune orchids of all types, and when to do your pruning to encourage fresh growth and more blooming.
If you know what you are doing, you can get a moth orchid to bloom multiple times a year, he says. Here are Kondrat's top tips for helping your orchid thrive so it will keep on blooming for you. 1.
Forget about getting them to rebloom, now you’re just trying to keep them alive, because you will not treat them like an annual and simply toss them when the flowers end, as some barbarians suggest.
Black rot on orchids is caused by Pythium and Phytophthora species. [1] Black rot targets a variety of orchids but Cattleya orchids are especially susceptible. [1] Pythium ultimum and Phytophthora cactorum are known to cause black rot in orchids. [1] Pythium ultimum is a pathogen that causes damping-off and root rot on plants. [2]
The leaves of D. viridis are 5–14 cm long and 2–7 cm wide; leaves at the base of the orchid are obovate to elliptical, while leaves higher on the stem become lanceolate. Two to six leaves are found on one plant, and leafing is alternate. The inflorescence of the orchid is a dense raceme (spike-like cluster) containing 7 to 70 small flowers ...
Platanthera bifolia, commonly known as the lesser butterfly-orchid, [1] is a species of orchid in the genus Platanthera, having certain relations with the genus Orchis, where it was previously included and also with the genus Habenaria. It is a Palaearctic species occurring from Ireland in the west, across Europe and Asia to Korea and Japan. It ...
Find out why your orchid flowers are falling off prematurely and what you can do about it. ... Related: How to Get Orchids to Rebloom with These 5 Must-Know Tips. Show comments.
Orchid seeds are very small (0.35mm to 1.50mm long), spindle-shaped, and have an opening at the pointed end. [5] Each seed has an embryo that is undifferentiated and lacks root and shoot meristems. [3] An orchid seed does not have enough nutritional support to grow on its own, and lacks endosperm. [2]