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Old 18-01-2008, 12:50 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Care tips for your orchid


"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:28:43 -0500, Johnny Borborigmi
wrote:

On 2008-01-15 21:03:45 -0500, "symplastless"
said:


Please click the link to read article about Light, Humidity, Feeding
and Tempature : http://www.worldofflower.net/worldofflower.net/Care
tips for your orchid.htm

I know very little about orchids. What kind of food do you feed a
orchid?
Do they store their food? In what form and where? I thought they were
autotrophs. Shows how much I know.
BTW the ghost flower is a heterotroph.
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...st_flower.html



You can use regular miracle or any 10-10-10 food. No "special"
ferti;izer is needed.


Orchids need more phosporous in order to flower than the fertilizer
you describe. People mostly use synthetic salt based fertilizers. I
think proper maintenance is more important than fertilization. Misting
the plants daily and keeping them in clean conditions with as much
humidity as possible is optimum.


That makes sense!


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