Category: Orchid Doctor

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: Chemistry

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Coolness combined with light allows plants to accumulate sugar reserves which are bound to anthocyanins to stabilize colors and protect cells from harmful irradiation; refer to A85-1339 Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: For Coastal California

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago List of 16 genera and 43 species recommended as suitable, with comments; refer to OD70-269 Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: For Outdoors Growing

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For an intermediate range of temperatures, 135 species from Ecuador listed as possibilities, refer to OA81-41 Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: In Florida

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Success reported with miltonias, odontoglossums, cochliodas and their bigenerics such as odontiodas and odontonias and vuylstekearas; media: 1 pt. chopped osmunda, 1 pt. sphagnum moss; water daily;... Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: In Victoria, Australia

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Incredible variety of genera can be grown outdoors: various kinds of ada, bifrenaria, brassia, cirrhopetalum, coelogyne, dendrobiums (native), dendrobiums (soft cane dendrochilum, gongora, laelia, ... Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: In Warm Areas

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Provide individual up-close humidity and coolness by using cement/asbestos pipes as "cooling cylinders", as mounts for the plants and keep the containers filled with water. A81-1228 Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: Laelia Crosses

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago To grow with cymbidiums; try primary and second ary crosses of Laelia anceps and other cool growing Mexican laelias. OA78-17 Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: Low-energy Orchids

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago List of about 60 given; plants which will stand a few degrees of frost and grow in a greenhouse with controls set for a minimum of 40 deg.F. A78-39+ Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: Other Genera

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Brassolaelia Sea Urchin is reliable in cool areas; Epidendrum radicans and other epidendrums do well with cymbidiums; Odontoglossum grande, Odm. excavatum, Odm. bictoniense, Eulophia krebsii Vanda ... 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