Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 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 almost 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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Join the Mounties
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 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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Grown-Up Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 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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Good Grooming
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 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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Garden Variety Orchids
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 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 almost 4 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 almost 4 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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Containing Your Enthusiasm
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Providing for the Requirements of Plant Root Systems
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE IS little that is more foreign to an epiphyte than life in a flowerpot. Epiphytic orchids, in particular, are ...
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Tackling the Big Job of Dividing Overgrown Orchids Has Its Rewards
SOONER OR LATER, ALL SUCCESSFUL orchid growers will be faced with the task of dividing a thriving plant that, for various rea...
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