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Egret orchids
Anyone had any success with the (very pretty looking) egret orchids that
are advertised in most of the plant catalogues atm? We got 6 either free or 'special offered' with something last year, and they've done very poorly. I think 1 had a recognisable flower (which was a lot smaller than I expected) and the rest the flowers either didn't open or went brown, and now the plants are coated in some kind of aphid. They've been grown in orchid compost (ie, small bark chips) and watered in a similar fashion to my other orchids (slightly more than sparingly, actually) They're dying off now and don't look like they're going to do anything else. Should I throw them, or cut them back and store the little bulby things for anotehr attempt next year? |
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Egret orchids
vicky wrote .. Anyone had any success with the (very pretty looking) egret orchids that are advertised in most of the plant catalogues atm? We got 6 either free or 'special offered' with something last year, and they've done very poorly. I think 1 had a recognisable flower (which was a lot smaller than I expected) and the rest the flowers either didn't open or went brown, and now the plants are coated in some kind of aphid. They've been grown in orchid compost (ie, small bark chips) and watered in a similar fashion to my other orchids (slightly more than sparingly, actually) They're dying off now and don't look like they're going to do anything else. Should I throw them, or cut them back and store the little bulby things for anotehr attempt next year? Habenaria radiata. They are terrestrial orchids that grow in the fields in Japan and therefore need a free draining humus rich, soil type, compost not bark chippings which are used for tropical epiphytes/lithophytes mainly and hold little nutrients or water. They should also get plenty of water when in growth, Japan is quite wet, but they don't like sitting in it. They should be hardy in most of the UK so a cold greenhouse is all they need/want. Probably do better in a patio pot outside. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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Egret orchids
Bob Hobden wrote:
Habenaria radiata. They are terrestrial orchids that grow in the fields in Japan and therefore need a free draining humus rich, soil type, compost not bark chippings which are used for tropical epiphytes/lithophytes mainly and hold little nutrients or water. They should also get plenty of water when in growth, Japan is quite wet, but they don't like sitting in it. They should be hardy in most of the UK so a cold greenhouse is all they need/want. Probably do better in a patio pot outside. Ah, thank you. I'm sure the instructions said to use orchid compost! Bah. That'll teach me to read them and not ask here instead. ;-) |
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