All plants inhale carbon dioxide through their leaves. This gas is used in photosynthesis. As the plant opens its leaf pores to take in carbon dioxide, some of the moisture in the leaf can escape. Thus the plants sweat water vapor into the air whenever they breath....
To fully understand the answer to this question one must first understand a fungus – plant relationship called “mycorrhiza association” , mycorrhiza is a nutritional relationship between certain fungi and the roots of plants including orchids....
BACK TO BASICS – WATER AND ORCHIDS – (Part Two) St Ives Orchid Fair Water first or fertiliser first? Now we come to the question of, “Do we water first then add the fertiliser solution; or do we add the fertiliser solution first?” Put another way, “Should...
BACK TO BASICS – WATER AND ORCHIDS (Part One) – St Ives Orchid Fair Noel J. Grundon Atherton Qld The most frequently asked-for articles by new growers are those on culture; these can be generalised as the “How to do something” article. As a new grower...
St Ives Orchid Fair Culture Sheet ORIGIN Angraecum is a genus of about 200 species that are from the tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and surrounding tropical islands, and Sri Lanka. Angraecum sesquipedale is primarily from Madagascar and grows in the warmer,...
