Care of orchids , species or hybrids, from Cattleya to Phalaenopsis, how and when to re-pot, watering, fertilizing, treating diseases and pests for beautiful flowering plants.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Energy-saving lamp to grow orchids, self-made.
Energy-saving lamp DIY, on the new mini orchidarium |
Before I make decisions on how and how much light give to the mini orchidarium I studied a lot. Unfortunately, there are no universal answers, each plant has different light needs and every terrarium is in a location in the house that has, or not, the day light. For sure we have to know at least the right "color" that light must have to be useful to our orchids, in fact using a wrong light even 2000 W would not have an significant effect! The light that activates photosynthesis, and is therefore useful to our plants to grow and flourish, is in the spectrum of blue and red, in short, it is recommended that you choose lamps with a color temperature of around 6400 K, combined with others around 2400 K, but the first would seem to be more effective. I finally decided! I bought 2 Philips Tornado cool daylight 6500 K, enlightening power 1450 Lumen.
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Mini orchidarium, a glass case to set up
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First plants in my mini orchidarium
Phalaenopsis Violacea, orchid species, roots with fungal disease. |
I participated in a series of open auctions from a seller who seemed very trusted, I won almost everything that I had fixed and so I paid a single shipment for up to 5 young phalaenopsis species. The ads said "vigorous young plant," there were also photos and plants seemed healthy.
When the courier rang I was not in my skin, I was elated and could not wait to see my new awaited plants to populate the mini orchidarium just set up. It seemed to me on Christmas morning! The first impression I got was that the leaves seemed grown in the dark, were thin and very pale, I was afraid it would break. Then I started looking into the vessels to check the roots. A disaster!
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Phalaenopsis,
potted,
pulchra,
seedlings,
Species,
tech,
violacea
Monday, October 22, 2012
How to repot a Phalaenopsis orchid in sphagnum-moss
The basic steps of my repotting in sphagnum:
- rinse sphagnum dry under hot running water
- rinse with water by osmosis (or distilled or rain water)
- wring strong
- break to pieces by about 1-2 cm giving volume and air
- put a first layer of sphagnum in the vessel
- place the plant
- fill the jar without crushing too much
- free the holes on the bottom
- water in small doses only when it is well dry
- fertilize in small doses
Phalaenopsis schilleriana, orchid species, sphagnum moss repotting (picture of 4 October 2012) |
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