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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. How to Prune Orchids to Keep Them Healthy and Flowering, According to an Expert ...
If one orchid has a root fungus or pathogen, it will spread to all the other orchids in the water. It turns out I was doing one thing right: using rainwater for my orchids. Water quality is important.
Cabernet orchid: This is a beautiful, deep wine red Phalaenopsis orchidwith that classic moth orchid shape. Chia Lin 'Shinsu #1' : a Cattleya that’s a bit flamboyant, it starts out yellow then ...
The flowers come in shades of yellow, red, white and pink. The petals are often ruffled on the edges, as is the lip. The lip is enormous, partially blocking the small petals and sepals. Some Oncidium orchids are very tall: Oncidium altissimum and Oncidium baueri can grow to a height of 5 m. They are known as 'spray orchids' among some florists.
It is similar to other orchids in the Dactylorhiza maculata group. D. maculata ssp. maculata is distinguished by having the lip less deeply trilobed, while D. maculata subsp. saccifera has one spur large and saccular (sac-shaped) and the bracts of the inflorescence as long as or longer than the flowers.
The sepals and petals all spread widely, drooping and often turning pink as they age. The labellum is also white to pale yellow, 6–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) wide and has purplish markings and three lobes. The side lobes are pointed and curve upwards and the middle lobe curves downwards.
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 ...
This is the largest-flowered orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall [5] with flowers as wide as 9 cm. [6] Before it flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves (as big as 18 cm long, 9 cm wide), [5] which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation.