Category: Orchid Doctor

SPECIES: Backyard Growing in Florida

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Simple requirements for success with a dozen species which have been most accommodating, especially encyclias and epidendrums. A85-14 Read More

SPECIES: For the Beginner

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A representative list of 46 species given, with their colors, growing areas and temperature requirements; refer to A72-236+ Read More

SPECIES: Meaning

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A basic unit of botanical classification; comprises a group of individuals with common attributes and which interbreed freely; cannot apply to hybrids; singular and plural forms written the same. A... Read More

SPECIES: Percentages in Hybridizing

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Contributions by parents are merely potential factors which can be dominated by another factor; many genetic factors skew the percentages; dominance, linkage, preferential pairing, crossing-over, i... Read More

SPECIES: Preservation of Varieties

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Species have to be preserved and perpetuated by means of seed; their varieties by means of meristemming; some varieties consist of only one plant. A71-27 Read More

SPECIES: Seedlings or Mericlones Available

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A listing of species available as a means to orchid conservation. A78-241 Read More

SPECIES: Self and Sibling Crosses

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Qualities are reinforced and after two or three generations the resulting flowers can differ from their antecedents, is it then the same species? a new varietal?, or even a "hybrid"? OIE85Nov-15 Read More

SPECIMEN PLANTS: Definitions and Culture

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A clean unbroken, un-damaged, flourishing, large for its kind and its locale, plant and preferably in bloom; cultural details; refer to reprint. OA87-50 Read More

SPECIMEN PLANTS: How to Grow Them

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago When repotting, retain the back bulbs; cut the rhizome half-way through on some rhizome places to increase the number of growing points; some plants do better when kept to only one or two leads. A6... Read More

SPECIMEN PLANTS: Miltonias Grown as

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For full cultural instructions refer to A82-579 Read More