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Cymbidium tortisepalum appreciation and potting medium explanation video
Cymbidium tortisepalum: semi-upright leaves with thick veins and hard texture, leaf width 0.8-1.2cm, length 30-38cm, leathery, with a tight, upright stance and closely rolled edges; bears 3-4 flowers, noble and dignified, with a delicate fragrance; selected from wild-collected plants in Baoshan City.
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How to choose orchid potting medium? Let's talk about all things orchid potting medium
Potting medium is one of the staple foods of orchids and the foundation of growing them. With a good potting medium, more than half the battle of orchid growing is already won, so its importance goes without saying. Orchid growers all place great importance on and pay close attention to potting medium, yet their assessments of it differ widely - each side has its own reasons, as the saying goes. Their choices of potting medium are extremely varied - like the Eight Immortals...
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How to mix orchid potting medium? Sharing practical small formulas
Potting medium is the material foundation on which orchids depend for survival, and it is also one of the factors that promotes more shoots, vigorous roots and strong seedlings. Below are several formulas that the author has repeatedly tested and verified as suitable for different orchids. Formula one: 70% shiitake soil, 20% rice husk charcoal, 10% coarse river sand, plus an additional 10% bone charcoal (this formula is suitable for planting Cymbidium goeringii and Cymbidium faberi).
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Potting medium, fertilizing, watering, and light: the four keys to growing flowers well
For good roots, light is essential. Light is the driving force behind root development. The stronger the light, the more water evaporates from the leaf surface, and the more nutrients are consumed, which drives root development to increase water and nutrient uptake. This is just like people: the more exercise you do, the more you eat and drink. As long as nutrition keeps up, and you eat well, drink enough, and sleep well, it is hard not to be...
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How to Use Willow Bark as Orchid Growing Medium
A new flower collected in Hubei, its bloom appearance is very close to the Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii) cultivar (Cui Yipin), named by orchid enthusiast yuesha.
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How to choose orchid potting medium? A detailed method explained clearly in one article
People usually describe orchids (specifically Chinese orchids, the same below) as terrestrial plants, but strictly speaking, this is a misunderstanding; orchids should be semi-epiphytic plants. The stomata on orchid leaves are sunken, so respiration is incomplete, and the roots must also help with respiration....
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Sphagnum moss is a high-quality growing medium for cultivating orchids
Sphagnum moss, also known as peat moss, is a plant of the genus Sphagnum in the family Sphagnaceae, and it mostly grows on rocky cliffs or beside streams and springs in temperate and cold-temperate forests. Fresh sphagnum moss is white-green or bright green, loose and cotton-like, densely interwoven into patches, with stems creeping and appressed, having irregular branches or pinnate branches, and the stems and leaves are nearly the same shape. After cleaning and dry...
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How to mix orchid potting medium? Sharing several common recipes
Potting medium is the material foundation on which orchids with fleshy roots depend for survival. Grasping the characteristics of orchids and preparing a potting medium suitable for orchid growth is a key element of successful orchid growing. In orchid-growing areas, orchid enthusiasts can easily buy orchid potting medium at orchid markets: Emei Xiantu soil from Sichuan, Tangji orchid stone from Taiwan, China and Guangzhou, and Japanese Ishiyaki stone...
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How to switch potting medium when sprouting buds? Guoxiangju explains in detail
The two buds produced by the three old pseudobulbs were turned out for inspection. Both buds had new roots about three centimeters long, and the bud bases were also brownish. What stunned me even more was that all three old pseudobulbs had rotted, and though still firm they had lost their vitality, so I had no choice but to discard them. The same situation appeared in three pots: the sphagnum moss had turned brown with a slight rotten smell, and the old roots were hollow and rotten....
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