Spathoglottis unguiculata Pinkette
Spathoglottis unguiculata ‘Pinkette’ is a pink color mutation of the popular ‘Grapette’ variety. ‘Pinkette’ is a beautiful, small terrestrial orchid with clusters of light pink flowers one-inch across. The flower spikes produce successive... Read More...
How Often Should Orchids be Watered?
Depending on the season orchids may need to be watered every 4 to 7 days. The media they are grown in also plays a part. Let your orchid reach a “point of dryness” but not completely bone dry. One good method (for orchids and house plants)... Read More...
Caring for Orchids - Where Do I Cut the Flower Spike When the Blooms are Finished?
With the popularity of orchids found in about every garden center today, this question is becoming more common. Most likely this question is being asked of the Phalaenopsis Moth Orchid or Denbrobium. Most of the time you can easily cut the... Read More...
Orchids as House Plants
Phalaenopsis Orchids and Dendrobium Orchids are more available than ever… Here’s information the plant tags leave off! To get you started on the basics of Orchid care…. Selecting an Orchid plant, lighting, watering and more! ... Read More...
Phalaenopsis Watering - How to Water The Moth Orchid
Orchids basically grow on trees. They attach to tree trunks and branches with their roots exposed to the air the absorb nutrients by clinging onto bark and pulling from the air, rain and whatever drips down the tree. This is why many orchids... Read More...
Phalaenopsis - Right light for your Moth Orchid
Orchids can be classified into 3 groups depending on their requirement of light. The high (3,000 foot candles, medium (2,000 foot candles) and low (1,000-1,500 foot candles). Generally most orchids require plenty of light, preferably 6 hours... Read More...
Phalaenopsis - Moth Orchid Care
The season is changing, the nights are cooling down, and that means Orchids will soon be in the stores. So it’s time to look at some Phalenopsis care. Many specialty growers have added phalaenopsis orchids to their product line. Currently,... Read More...
Phalaenopsis Orchids - Care for your Moth Orchid
People view an orchid as some sort of exotic, and difficult to grow plant, when they really aren’t. Orchids have traditionally been grown by specialty growers, producing flowers for the florist trade or plants for the "collector". During... Read More...
Phalaenopsis - Moth Orchid - Up and Coming
When the holidays approach it means orchids will soon be "Up and Coming". The main orchid crop you’ll find at this time is Phalaenopsis commonly called the Moth Orchid. The site of 100s and 100s of carefully grown and selected... Read More...
