Dry Winter Rest and Dormancy for Orchids

Dry Winter Rest

Dry winter rest is something that happens every winter in order for certain types of orchids to stay healthy and provide blooms in the coming spring. Usually it takes place from Halloween till Valentines day where we do not water these orchids unless it shows sign of shriveling (should be at least once or twice, if not none.)

The orchids that needs these dry winter rest are to my knowledge the Dendrobium Nobile. The rest of the rest of the other Dendrobiums as far as I know are allowed to be waters throughout the season without any problems. There are some people out there that does provide dry winter rest for these orchids, but it is absolutely not necessary.

Adenium Seedlings One Year Later.....

 Each pair of leaves I've observed comes up each week, it's pretty easy to keep tab at this point in how many weeks old they are. By the second month after they had sprouted, it's time to transplant them. In order to know when to transplant adenium seedlings, they have to have at least six true leaves or more for the transplanting to be a success. However sometimes the plant may go into shock and you should expect some lost unless you're lucky enough to have lost none.

June 13, 2014

2015 Orchid Collection

Recently I've been going on an orchid rampage and been collecting them like crazy this year. Why did I get into Orchids? I love the way their flowers bloom and how one plant each are individually unique from one another as they bloom. Here is a growlist of orchids I've collected so far in alphabetical order.

GrowList:

• No Fragrance
• Suppose to have Fragrance - Not Yet Observed
• Light Fragrance
• Mild Fagrance
• High Fragrance

Banfieldara Guilded Tower "Thai Gold"

Beallara (Aliceara)  Pacific McCully "Pacific Matriarch"

Cattleya (NoID)
Catasetum "Wine Delight"

Dendrobium Antennatum
Dendrobium Frosty Dawn
Dendrobium Discolor
Dendrobium Nobile (NoID)