Orchid ideas

Krystal Duran on Instagram: "Orchid are epiphytes. They grow on top of other plants and are not anchored in the soil. Epiphytes take up their nutrients from water, air, and debris around them. Living in Indiana, fall and winter temperatures get less than 55 degrees consistently which would prevent us from being able to anchor orchids or other plants to trees so this will just have to do. When choosing a board, choose one that is rot resistant. I used cork bark since it doesn’t rot but…

For a pretty display on my kitchen table, I decided to "kopy kat" an idea I saw in the January issue of "Better Homes and Gardens" magazine. The article explains how to put orchids creatively in tall vases. An orchid expert tells how to keep the orchids' roots healthy while they are in the vases. I have been downsizing my vase collection so I don't have the straight-sided vases that I used to. I did find three former (spigots are broken) clear glass drink dispensers in the attic. I turned…

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When we have really dense, fact-heavy episodes (don’t worry, they won’t all be like that!), we’ll supplement that with a blog post that covers the information we researched for the podcast. This is Matthew here, to talk about my favorite family of plants, Orchidaceae , the Orchids.

Raffaele Di Lallo on Instagram: "💁🏻‍♂️Some more orchid repotting tips! Clear pots are great for orchids (check out my “orchid pots” link in my profile for my amazon store where you can get various sizes). Clear pots are great to see the health of the orchid root system, and because they do perform some photosynthesize for the plant. In my greenhouse, I leave the pots exposed, but indoors in the house, I slip them in ceramic pots for aesthetic purposes. A great time to repot is after…

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When it comes to Father's Day gifts, something unusual and homemade–with a little science thrown in–always wins. Just explain to your dad all about epiphyt

"Orchids seem to drive people crazy," the author Susan Orlean wrote in The Orchid Thief. "Those who love them love them madly." This has been true for cent