PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Pots and Their Influence on Growth
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Growing them in clear plastic pots produced an improvement in growth almost unbelievable; in dark plastic pots the plants were sick; in clay many grew well. A69-573+
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PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Colors of Flowers
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
They must be clean, clear, concentrated and contrasted to rate highly; is redder better?; vinicolors; culture and color; light used for evaluation of color; refer to SA87-21
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PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Deflasking
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
A new mix for P. rothschildianum seedlings is 35% rockwool, 35% firbark, 10% Styrofoam chips, 10% meranti (Shorea -- not in the R.H.S. Diet, of gardening) sawdust, 10% volcanic pumice; South Africa...
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PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Pollination
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Column and anthers, location = for an illustration, refer to A57-247Select two plants for hybridization; either remove the pouch of the pod plant, or with a razor slice off the rear of the pouch; u...
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PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Under Lights
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
No tight rules apply, let the temperature range be whatever seems reasonably normal but raise the lamps if it reaches the high eighties and add more air circulation; humidity is reasonably good in ...
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CYPRIPEDIUMS: Culture in Greenhouse
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Bog plants and some orchids grow in wood pots or tubs filled with sods of sphagnum moss with the sand base included; water with rain water or distilled water. A63-439
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PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Potting Mixes
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Eleven formulas as used by leading commercial firms, with ingredients and measurements, and additives; reprint of 1975 data; refer to OA81-82
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PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Pollinization
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
The stigma and how to find it: it is a foot-like structure suspended by the column; it hangs down into the pouch; the under surface receives the pollen. A78-309
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