Author is Ken Slump, posted about 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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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Haunting Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 2 years ago
Form Conspires with Color To Impart Intrigue to Orchid Flowers
WHILE MANY TYPES OF ORCHIDS are appreciated for cheerfully full round flower shapes, some orchid blossoms express the opposite po...
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Grown-Up Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 2 years ago
Beginning with Mature Plants Offers Advantages
IT’S IRONIC THAT MOST OF US acquire our orchid plants at an immature stage, often waiting patiently for years for that first flower. Once they re...
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Green Without Envy
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 2 years ago
Myriad Interpretations on a Single theme
WHILE GREEN MAY NOT BE A common flower color, it occurs on both wild and cultivated plants. Long before my interest in orchids began, I wondered why ga...
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