Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
How to Make Your Collection Work for You
ASSEMBLING A QUALITY ORCHID collection can require strategy and discipline. It is easy to succumb to the temptation to purchase every pretty plant that...
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Look to Any Window
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Suggestions for Growing Orchids Inside the Home
MANY STILL BELIEVE THAT YOU must have a greenhouse to grow orchids successfully, yet windowsill orchid growing can produce remarkable results. I...
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Let the Buyer Beware
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Savvy Shoppers Check a Plant Top to Bottom Before Making a Purchase
A QUALITY ORCHID COLLECTION starts with healthy plants, but purchasing such plants is not always as easy as it might seem. W...
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Lessons from the Roots
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Plants Offer Clues to Their Repotting Needs
AT REPOTTING TIME, ORCHID growers can learn much from their plants that can help them evaluate the success or failure of their growing techniques. C...
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Lessons from the Rainforest
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Native Habitats Contain Clues to Cultural Needs for Orchids
THE MAJOR PARTS OF SEVERAL continents that lie between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn make up the tropics, an important portion...
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Just Peachy
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Art-Shade Flowers Decorate Hybrids in Several Genera
SOME KINDS OF PLANTS PRODUCE blossoms that span a rather narrow range of the color spectrum. Happily, orchid flowers are found in almost ev...
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Judgment Day
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Recognizing Excellence in Orchids
MOST OF US REMEMBER THE FIRST orchid we brought into flower and, at that time, it probably seemed to be the most beautiful blossom we had ever seen. Yet, as o...
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Join the Mounties
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Mimicking How Some Orchids Grow in Nature Leads to Spectacular Results
It is safe to say that the majority of orchid hobbyists, myself included, came to the world of orchids after success in o...
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Hybrid Hype
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Searching for Colorful Choices from Thousands of Possibilities
THE FIRST ORCHID HYBRID WAS artificially pollinated in 1852. John Dominy, foreman at the English orchid firm of Veitch and Sons, ...
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Having the Blues
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Searching for Orchids with Flowers Offering this Coveted Hue
OF ALL THE RAINBOW’S COLORS, blue is perhaps the least represented in the plant world. If you think about it, flowers of a true blu...
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