Showing posts with label orchids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orchids. Show all posts
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Variety of Phals
i love phals.it is cute and has a nice smell..these phals below are my new additions.but the first pic is not a phal.it was given free by the nursery owner because we sapu lots of the orchids that day.i think it was a wild orchid from our jungle.but it has a nice flower and the smell is quite pungent.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Orchids Everywhere
my mom, my sister and i went for orchids shopping frenzy at Mambau Nursery last week. My mom totally crazy about the orchids displayed. she bought almost every hybrid species till the owner of the nursery thought we were going to celebrate Chinese New Year . but we told him why not? we also malaysian and we hold on to
1malaysia concept dearly..hehehe
i dont want to talk much. and as usual dont ask me the name or id. and i also bought few pots but my first choice is alway a phals. here is the photos..hope you will enjoy it as much as i enjoy it too.
but the phals i will show to you later..:)
1malaysia concept dearly..hehehe
i dont want to talk much. and as usual dont ask me the name or id. and i also bought few pots but my first choice is alway a phals. here is the photos..hope you will enjoy it as much as i enjoy it too.
but the phals i will show to you later..:)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
How To Plant An Orchid
one of my favourite orchid "phal Bellina Pink"-beautiful and fragrant!
i just started collecting wild exotic looking orchids that can be found in our jungle. so i need to enhance more knowledges about orchid. as usual, i love to use uncle Google as a reference. this is some of the tips i would like to share with you :
How to plant orchid flowers is one of the toughest endeavors I took on in years. I like gardening and I grow all kinds of decorative plants. I have a collection that range all the way from ripening to straightforward grass-type plants ; like Chinese bamboo. And each sort of plant that I grow wants another approach. It's no different for orchids.
Orchid growing turns out to be a challenge but at the same time, rewarding! There are 5 tips that I'm wishing to share with you in caring for orchids. I assure you that these have been checked and were shown to be effective for all types of orchid species. These are a part of my valuable information bank, which I have gathered through years of expertise. I sure hope you can pick beneficial information that can help you in your own growing orchids ' experience.
Learn as much info relating to the sorts of orchids and their country of origin. You may find it weird to discover more about the kind of orchid that you will grow and where they came from. But in the course of your caring for these beauties, you'll learn that it's a critical part of growing orchids.
By investing time to grasp the sort of environment where your orchid is originally from, you will be in a position to approximate the type of condition it is used to. This is going to help you in applying the right quantity of daylight and water that it requires. Don't use dust soil but instead select the best potting medium for your kind of orchid. This is why it is way better know the sort of orchid you have so you can in a similar fashion match the right potting medium for it.
Some of the popular potting mixes to use are fir bark, sphagnum moss, charcoal, or wood chips. Some even would like to plant their orchid on a tree ; nonetheless this needs a special talent in tying and securing the roots so that it will not fall off whenever there's a powerful wind or storm. It is also important to select the right material of pot ; this can either be clay, which is the hottest one, ceramic or maybe plastic.
Every one has express traits which will impact on the condition of the plant. Lighting and temperature obligation that suit orchids is moderate and not direct. Excess heat can bake their leaves and stop them from blooming. What's most ideal is a temperature fluctuation of 10 to fifteen degrees because they require the sun to provide carbohydrates in the daytime and store it during night when the sun is down.
This could assure continuing and healthy blooming. Water your orchid plant each 7 to 10 days, and this applies for most diversifications. What they love most is to slake their thirst by receiving rain water. Therefore if you have the opportunity to save rain water, do so and use this in your next watering schedule. But if this is not available, you can simulate this same experience by submerging the plant pot inside a pail with half full of water then drain this totally.
Ensure you check the potting mix before you even water the plant. Dip you finger onto the mix, to check if it's's still damp. This is very so for sphagnum moss since they absorb quickly and keep the great majority of the water. Ultimately , it is most advisable that you fertilize your orchid plant during blooming period. Employ a spray bottle to mist the leaves and a mixture of 20-20-20 of dung at once onto the roots. It's a smart idea to mix the nutriments with water and on your next watering cycle, feed them right to the roots.
All the above tips are proved to be valuable in manufacturing long-lasting blooms. And if you are seriously considering planting orchids, you may as well start with the initial tip. It's so straightforward to do, all that you will need is a lot of patience and persistence and you are on the way to learn how to plant orchid successfully.
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i just started collecting wild exotic looking orchids that can be found in our jungle. so i need to enhance more knowledges about orchid. as usual, i love to use uncle Google as a reference. this is some of the tips i would like to share with you :
How to plant orchid flowers is one of the toughest endeavors I took on in years. I like gardening and I grow all kinds of decorative plants. I have a collection that range all the way from ripening to straightforward grass-type plants ; like Chinese bamboo. And each sort of plant that I grow wants another approach. It's no different for orchids.
Orchid growing turns out to be a challenge but at the same time, rewarding! There are 5 tips that I'm wishing to share with you in caring for orchids. I assure you that these have been checked and were shown to be effective for all types of orchid species. These are a part of my valuable information bank, which I have gathered through years of expertise. I sure hope you can pick beneficial information that can help you in your own growing orchids ' experience.
Learn as much info relating to the sorts of orchids and their country of origin. You may find it weird to discover more about the kind of orchid that you will grow and where they came from. But in the course of your caring for these beauties, you'll learn that it's a critical part of growing orchids.
By investing time to grasp the sort of environment where your orchid is originally from, you will be in a position to approximate the type of condition it is used to. This is going to help you in applying the right quantity of daylight and water that it requires. Don't use dust soil but instead select the best potting medium for your kind of orchid. This is why it is way better know the sort of orchid you have so you can in a similar fashion match the right potting medium for it.
Some of the popular potting mixes to use are fir bark, sphagnum moss, charcoal, or wood chips. Some even would like to plant their orchid on a tree ; nonetheless this needs a special talent in tying and securing the roots so that it will not fall off whenever there's a powerful wind or storm. It is also important to select the right material of pot ; this can either be clay, which is the hottest one, ceramic or maybe plastic.
Every one has express traits which will impact on the condition of the plant. Lighting and temperature obligation that suit orchids is moderate and not direct. Excess heat can bake their leaves and stop them from blooming. What's most ideal is a temperature fluctuation of 10 to fifteen degrees because they require the sun to provide carbohydrates in the daytime and store it during night when the sun is down.
This could assure continuing and healthy blooming. Water your orchid plant each 7 to 10 days, and this applies for most diversifications. What they love most is to slake their thirst by receiving rain water. Therefore if you have the opportunity to save rain water, do so and use this in your next watering schedule. But if this is not available, you can simulate this same experience by submerging the plant pot inside a pail with half full of water then drain this totally.
Ensure you check the potting mix before you even water the plant. Dip you finger onto the mix, to check if it's's still damp. This is very so for sphagnum moss since they absorb quickly and keep the great majority of the water. Ultimately , it is most advisable that you fertilize your orchid plant during blooming period. Employ a spray bottle to mist the leaves and a mixture of 20-20-20 of dung at once onto the roots. It's a smart idea to mix the nutriments with water and on your next watering cycle, feed them right to the roots.
All the above tips are proved to be valuable in manufacturing long-lasting blooms. And if you are seriously considering planting orchids, you may as well start with the initial tip. It's so straightforward to do, all that you will need is a lot of patience and persistence and you are on the way to learn how to plant orchid successfully.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Koleksi Lagi..
my new collection of pitcher plants. bought in jusco for RM26.80. quite cheap because some nursery sell it for RM50. the difference is the color of the pitcher. dark red or maroon? i love it so much!
phals bellina blue yang beli di blog orkid ibu dan aishah. masa beli belum kembang lagi.so bila dah kembang apa lagi..snap-snap la kan? nanti x sempat snap dah gugur plak. this bellina is very healthy.daunnya hijau dan berkilat..i like! daunnya ada yg terpatah skit masa bukak dari box..hehehe.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Shopping Bunga !
Pokok bunga lily.lepas setahun beli baru nak berbunga balik..lili apa ni?
Beli dekat depan tesco dengan harga RM16.00. Mahal ke murah?
Sapa tau nama orkid ni angkat tangan!buah cempedak di luar pagar..hehehe
Monday, July 12, 2010
New Members in WalizGarden : Phals
well, during my free time i would love to browse peoples blogs especially about garden.so i stumbled upon this blog called Orchid Ibu dan aisyah . some of the gorgeous orchids are on sales! i just happened to fall in love with phals (dont ask me whats is the real name. so i managed to order some..here it is!
name : violecea?
name : tetrapis?
name : not sure wht it is
name : david lim , i hope he can survive.
belina blue, not yet blomm.
fruit of the Potato tree.
enjoy !!
name : violecea?
name : tetrapis?
name : not sure wht it is
name : david lim , i hope he can survive.
belina blue, not yet blomm.
fruit of the Potato tree.
enjoy !!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Orchids..
another type of wild orchid..can be planted on the ground.
see how long this orchid can be..
orkid hutan or wild orchid..kidnapped from my mom's house
sorry the image quite blurrrrr..i used my phone nokia E71 to take these pics..
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