ORCHIDS AS A GREEN HOUSE PLANTS

ORCHIDS AS A GREEN HOUSE PLANTS

Orchids as a green house plant

Orchids as a green house plant

Sometimes it is necessary to wait for several years for the first flowers of orchids , but the longer we wait, the more we look forward to the first flower. Especially since some species are blooming for two to three months. We also shouldn't think that the orchids are interesting only because of orchid flowers. On it's own way they are beautiful as a green house plants. When we first time trying to grow orchids , we should carefully select the type of farming. This should begin with one of the simpler types, which may already be on the window ledge provide conditions similar to the natural environment orchids.

Orchids as a green house plant

Orchids as a green house plant

Orchids as a green house plant

Orchids as a green house plant

BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

By following basic guidelines for orchid growth,your orchids will look beautiful.

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids

ORCHIDS-A SELECTION OF SPECIES

Miltonia specie


ORCHIDS-A SELECTION OF SPECIES

Aeranthes Grandiflora specie


If you wish to have variety,the cultivation of orchids species will provide you with a glorious range of flower form and color throughout the year.
While many orchids growers assemble a mixed collection of species and cultivated hybrids,there are some who prefer to grow only species.Should you decide to do the same,your choice of plants will in no way be restricted,for such is the range of species available that the pleasure and challenge of growing them equals if not surpasses that of growing a mixed collection.
Cultivating a mixed collection of orchids species is both rewarding and challenging.Many are delicately scented;others mimic the insects that pollinate them.

Dendrochilum specie


The following section presents a selection of orchids species that are relatively easy to cultivate:
-Aeranthes
-Aerides
-Barkeria
-Bulbophyllum
-Calanthe
-Colax
-Dendrochilum
-Masdevallia
-Miltonia
-Oncidium
-Stanhopea...

Bulbophyllum specie

Orchids-Patterns of Growth

Orchids-Patterns of Growth


The principal direction of growth of monopodial orchids is upwards,new growth being an extension of the growth of previous years.Leaves are produced alterntely on either side of a central stem,the interval between the leaves ranging from minimal to many centimeters.Although growth variation is less obvious among monopodial than sympodial orchids,it still exists.One extreme is shown by the genus Arachins,which is often described as having a climbing habit,the vigorous stems reaching the higher tree branches 10 or even 20m above ground.Such vigorous Arachins species from tropical areas of Asia are not suited to pot culture in temperate zones.

Orchids-Patterns of Growth


Occasionally,certain monopodial orchids will freely produce side growths from the leaf axils.But always the new growth is an extension of previous years,and pseudobulbs are never present.

Orchids-Patterns of Growth

Planting Orchids Reproduction

Planting Orchids Reproduction


Orchids do the reproduce by the pollinator transfers. The pollens of one orchid transfer to another and share a special kind of the pollinator relationship with the help of a bird or an insect. The flowers of orchids have evolved to lure the pollinators to visit and pick sticky pollinia from it. As soon as this pollinator visits other flowers, the pollinia are transferred to the flower and it gets fertilized. After the fertilization, a seed of the flowers begins to form. It can take the time from certain weeks to months for the development of seeds inside seed pod. When the seed of the plant is ready, the pod bursts and miniscule seeds start floating in the air.

Planting Orchids Reproduction


There are thousand of these seeds in the pod but only some are lucky enough to find the suitable conditions to grow and out of them also only some get the chance to be matured into a plant. Mycorrhizal fungus is needed for the germination of the seed of the orchid plant. These seeds are so tiny that they cannot carry any nutrients with them but they form symbiotic relation with the fungus for getting the food.

Planting Orchids Reproduction


A lot of these orchid plants like Dendrobium, Epidendrum and Arundina reproduce asexually. The small offshoots in these plants can be very well be separated by the mother plant when the roots of the offspring are strong enough to be sown in the soil to have a mature plant of its own. A sexual reproduction can be used to have multiple division of one plant. The healthy adult plants can be divided and re spotting for the division to grow separately.

Planting Orchids Reproduction

Orchids Cultivation

Orchids Cultivation


Is it for the cultivation of Orchids necessary having a nursery?
Absolutely not. A number of Orchid hybrids may be placed in the apartment, because they are less sensitive than species that grow in the wild-botanical species. Before purchasing Orchids is wise to know the requirements and know where at the apartment will be a plant grow (the sun-shadow, hot-cold) and on this basis, select the Orchid, which corresponds to your situation. It is unwise to buy Orchid because you like it and then placed where you have the place. Over the longer term, you will in this way likely to experience a failure.

Orchids Cultivation