Category: Orchid Doctor

BENLATE: Frequency of Application Recommended

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Monthly, at most. A72-1100 Read More

BENLATE: Mixed with Truban

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago The two are freely compatible; use lttpg. of Benlate and only ltpg. of Truban; both are expensive. A82-1178 -- used in small doses with each watering = it does no good to the plants because it must... Read More

BENLATE: On Paphiopedilums

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Caused production of infertile pollen. A79-898 Read More

BENLATE: Risk of Damage

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Safe to use on cymbidiums, cattleyas, dendrobiums, stanhopeas, phaius, rhynchostylis, vandas, ascocendas, phalaenopsis and Angraecum Veitchii. OR76-98 Read More

BENOMYL 50W (BENLATE): Wide Spectrum Fungicide

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Controls most orchid pathogens but not Phythium ultimum, Phytophora cactorum, or bacteria. AH15 Read More

BENZYL ADENINE: Growth Substance

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago For the effects of this and related substances on some orchids, refer to ODIII-206; for the effect on development of lateral buds on paphiopedilums, refer to A77-415;934Production of vegetative sho... Read More

BENZYLADENINE: For Lateral Bud Development of Paphiopedilums

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago A single application is adequate to stimulate axillary buds from near the stem bases of flowered divisions. A77-415+; A77-934 Read More

BEST PLANTS: Five Favourites for a Desert Island

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Den. infundibulum, Lycaste Aphrodite, Onc. Tiger Wyld, Paph. hirsutissimum, Laelia gouldiana, Pleione formosana; for the greenhouse with 48dF. OR85-421 Read More

BEST PLANTS: Five More Favourites for a Desert Island

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Nanodes medusae, Den. fimbriaturn var. occulatum, Coelogyne ochracea, Cym. Bulbarrow 'Will Stutley", Cycnoches chlorochilon. OR86-263 Read More

ACID OR ALKALINE: Changing the Values

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 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