Category: Orchid Doctor

FLOWERING TIMES: Use of Fertilizers

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago They affect the number and size of blooms but not the setting or the time of setting of blooms; temperature and daylight are the factors which seasonally flowering plants utilize their flowering me... Read More

FLOWERING, SHY: Lack of Blooms

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago If it is a healthy plant it may be a genetic lack or fault, or, lack of light intensity, or a food lack. AU84-204 -- in Cattleya mossiae = this plant needs two or three weeks starting in November a... Read More

FLOWERING, SHY: Lycasteria

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Only one plant from the same cross flowered in 20 years: Lycasteria Darius. OR73-355 Read More

FLOWERING, SHY: Why Don't They Flower?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Many well-known species don't flower like they used to: Brassavola digbyana, Laelia majalis, Coelogyne cristata, C. flaccida, Bifrenaria harrisoniae, Vanda coerulea; the older clones were chosen by... Read More

FLOWERING, TIMING: Only Way to Control it Is by Temperature

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Warmth hastens flowering while coolness retards it; but sun heat can work against low heat. A78-13 Read More

FLOWERING: Enhancement

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Carnauba wax is a lipid growth substance from the palm tree and is a rich source of enhancement properties; virtually every plant (non-orchid) sprayed with a patented preparation of it showed enhan... Read More

FLOWERS OF SULPHUR: As a Fungicide

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Dusting of exposed or cut areas of plants is extremely safe; it was the first insecticide-fungicide. A78-302 Read More

FLOWERS, CRIPPLED: Freaks on Cattleyas

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Normally such changes are associated with genetic causes rather than virus but possibly high temperatures coupled with low humidity can cause a disturbed genetic development. A75-192; N311 Read More

FLOWERS, CRIPPLED: In Cattleyas

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Some of the older yellow hybrids were notorious for producing cripples; flowers were deformed and sometimes twisted and thickened. A73-906; not all blooms or every year.OWD Read More

ACID OR ALKALINE: Changing the Values

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Various means can be used: tufa, a limestone form, can be added to paphiopedilums from limestone cliffs; bark composts acidify with age; peatmoss, pine needles, oak leaves in the mix produce acidit... Read More