Grow Orchids

Dendrobium

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Phalaenopsis Liodoro

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Rhynchostylis gigantea var. alba

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This is very lovely orchid coming from India, Thailand and Philippines. Grows slowly.
Flowers in autumn and winter.
If you want to keep them happy, they need specific temperature level, which is at night 13-15,5C / in the day 18-29C.
They don't like direct sunlight. Humidity around the plant 70%. Subtratum should be all the time moist - don't let it dry. In the winter, during cloudy weather or after repotting, water it sparingly.
Propagation by division of the plant.

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Black Jack Orchid

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The colour and the texture of this Black Jack orchid (Phalaenopsis) is so rich, it looks gorgeous.

Orchid Vuylstekeara

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Hybrid between Cochlioda, Miltonia and Odontoglossum.
Best subtratum to use is one for orchids growing on trees.
Best temperature at night 13-15,5C /day 18-24C
Light: scattered light, not too bright, 16-21 klx.
Watering: during full growth subtratum needs to be kept moist. After it stops growing minimise watering slightly - between waterings subratum needs to get light dry.
Propagation by division of plants.

Orchid Lc. Orglade's Grand

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What is Lc. or LC.?

LC = Laeliocattleya (syn. Catlaelia 1895) orchid.

Hybridised in 1863 between Laelia and Cattleya.

Orchid Dendrobium Andree Millar

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Hybrid (Dendrobium atroviolaceum X Dendrobium convolutum), 1987.

Orchid Cattleya Aurantiaca

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Natural orchid coming from Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras.
Grows up to 15 cm.
Leaves shiny, light colour green-yellowish, lenght 12-15 cm, growing from pseudobulb.
Flower diameter 4 cm, grows in clusters of 4.
Flowering period April-June.

Orchid Society - Worldwide List

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List of Orchid Society - Europe:

1. German Orchid Society
2. Associazione Italiana di Orchidologia
3. Society of French Orchid Lovers
4. Swedish Orchid Society
5. British Orchid Council
6. Hungarian Orchid Society
7. Swiss Orchid Society
8. Dutch Orchid Society
9. Finish Orchid Society
10. Slovenian Orchid Society
11. Vienna Orchid Society
12. Orchid Club Brno
13. Club of Romanian Orchid Friends
14. Orchid Society of Great Britain
15. Norwegian Orchid Society
16. Dansk Orchide Klub

List of Orchid Society - World:

1. American Orchid Society
2. Australasian Native Orchid Society
3. Canadian Orchid Congress
4. Orchid Society of South East Asia
5. South African Orchid Council

Encyclia Cochleatum Orchid, Fragrant Orchid, Epidendrum

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Origins from Middle America.
Leaves shiny, lenght 15-30 cm.
On one stem 3-10 fragrant flowers.
Flowering period: different months of the year, lasting 5-7 months.

Pseudobulb need dormancy period. Watering in the spring and summer regularly. Sparingly in the winter, but don't let the pseudobulb to wrinkle.

Paphiopedilum Orchid

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Paphiopedilum Orchid Care

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Natural orchid, there is about 60 different species, origin South-Eastern Asia, grows 500-2200m above see level.
It is relatively easy to grow at home, however to make it reblooming requires to learn how to take care of your Paphiopedilum.
There are some exceptions of Paphiopedilum, that is difficult to grow at home: P. rotschildianum Pfitz. syn. Cypripedium rotschildianum Reichb.

How to take care of Paphiopedilum

Traditionally it is grown in rhizome of Osmunda Regalis and Sphagnum, mixed in proportions 2:1. As alternative to Osmunda Regalis you can use shredded bark - granulation 1-2 cm. Additionally you may add soil (leaves soil), some expanded polystyrene foam, and rhizome of Pteridopsida.
Paphiopedilum requires subtratum at pH 6,5-7,2.
If pH gets lower, you may add some calcium carbonate or dolostone.
If pH gets higher, you need to change substratum.

How to fertilise Paphiopedilum
March-October - This is the period when your Paph is growing leaves, so it needs fertilising every 14-21 days. Do not fertilise it in the winter.

How much light needs Paphiliopedilum
It does't requires as much light as other orchids, so give it so much light, that leaves keep lively green. If you see them getting yellowish or they are warm while you touch it, that is the signal for you that amount of light it gets is too much.
Average they need 9,000 lux during 14-16 hours a day.

What temperature requires Paphiopedilum
There are 3 groups of Paphs that have different requirements.
Temperatures differ depending on the phase of growth.
Paphiopedilum with green leaves requires:
Spring-Summer /26C/day/ and /18C/night
September-October /22C/day/ and /12C/night
Winter 15C/day/ and /12C/night

How much water need Paphiopedilum
Frequency of watering depends on the conditions you give it such as light, temperature and pot it grows in. Usually water it when substratum gets very light dry. In the summer it can be 2-3 times a week, in the winter every 1-2 weeks.
If substratum/soil is more dense it requires lower frequency, than when it is light.
If you grow it in clay pot it is easy to tell. Warm and light pot means 'water me', cold and heavy pot means 'I have enough water'.
Water rather in the morning.

How to repot Paphiopedilum
Best time to repot is in the Spring or early Summer. If the plant is healthy, don't remove all the soil sticking to roots. Do not water Paph after repotting - only sprinkle.

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Paphiopedilum

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Oncidium Twinkle Orchid

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Miltonia

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Lycaste Candida Orchid

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Epidendrum Cliare Orchid

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Encylia Orchid

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Origins from Guatemala and Mexico. In natural conditions it grows on the height of 2000 m asl.
Waxed like leaves gets the lenght of 23 cm.
Flowering stem reaches hight of 46 cm.
Flowering period September-October.

Dendrobium Orchid

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Cymbidium Orchid

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Cattleya Orchid

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Cattleya Orchid

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Brassavola glauca

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Vanda

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