Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 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 over 3 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 over 3 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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Good News (Soc. Newsletters)
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Society Newsletters Gear Up to Deliver the Scoop in a Timely Fashion
MY NOMINEE FOR THE HARDEST working member of any successful orchid society is not the show chair, or the program chair or e...
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Good Grooming
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
How to Make Your Orchids Look Their Best
BEFORE YOU PACK UP YOUR flowering orchids and head off to your orchid society’s show table or AOS judging center, or to enter the nearest orchid show, ...
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Go Wild (Orchid Species)
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
13 Orchid Species You Can Grow
ORCHID SPECIES FREQUENTLY have the undeserved reputation of being difficult-to-cultivate prima donnas with ordinary flowers. If you share that philosophy, here i...
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Gifts for the Orchid Lover
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Wrap Up Your Shopping Early, Then Enjoy the Holidays Yourself
THE HOLIDAY SEASON OFFERS many opportunities to share the joy of orchids with your friends and orchid-growing buddies, and there i...
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Garden Variety Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Selections for Growing Outdoors in Tropical and Temperate Regions
WHILE MOST OF US CULTIVATE OUR tropical orchids in some sort of protected environment, in many parts of the country there are ...
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Food for Thought (Fertilizing)
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Hobbyists Often Tailor Fertilizer Needs to Their Orchid Collections
THE WHAT, WHEN AND HOW OF orchid fertilizing provides constant discussion among orchid growers. For many, there seems to be ...
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Easy Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 3 years ago
Suggestions for Choosing Plants Requiring Minimal Care
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL TOPIC for an article. Many of us want to enjoy orchid flowers with a minimum of fuss and I have found that most ...
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