Category: Orchid Doctor

TREE FERN: Its Nitrogen Content

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It has little nitrogen, so use a bark fertilizer, such as 30-10-10. A81-27 Read More

TREE-FERN FIBER: Hawaiian

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Also known as hapuu; it is getting scarce; a fertilizer to use with it or for plants mounted on it is a l0-10-10 ratio, used once a month, or one pound to 100 gals, for 400 sq.ft. A61-315 Read More

TREE-FERN FIBER: Hawaiian or Mexican

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Their nutrient requirements for plants are about the same as for fir bark; for a fertilizer use 30-10-10 at one rounded teaspoon in two gals, water every two or three weeks. A68-56 Read More

TREE-FERN FIBER: Mexican

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It can be re-used in potting if it is in good condition and after it has been steam sterilized in a pressure cooker to kill possible virus; there is no harm in its re-use. A66-765Potting techniques... Read More

TREE-FERN FIBER: Mexifern

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Compared with the loose, coarse tree-fern; Mexifern is thinner, twiggier, of a lighter brown, with tiny branchlets which keep fibers separated, preventing compacting and sogginess which can happen ... Read More

TREE-FERN FIBER: The Root Part Is Different

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is the thick coat of fibrous, matted roots surrounding the basal part of the slim hard core which is the trunk proper; these form conical masses three to eight feet in diameter; and are sold in ... Read More

TREES, HOST: Epiphytosis and Orchids

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For a review of the many trees of the Americas which host orchid plants, refer to Ca82(6)-30 Read More

TREES, HOST: In Barbados

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago They include Frangipani, plumeria sp., mango, Mangifera indica, calabash, Crescentia cujete, star apple, Pouteria caimito, and some palms; refer to OR74-264 Read More

TREES, HOST: In Florida

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For cultivated orchids some trees may be better than slabs for small plants; a list of wild trees with appropriate species for them; refer to A79-792+Live oak, mango, frangipani, calabash and citru... Read More

TREES, HOST: In Hawaii

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A list of trees with their orchid residents and their preference on the tree: plumeria, magnolia, litchee, kukai, Tecoma argentia, ti, (Cordyline terminalis), Dracaena marginata, and live tree fern... Read More