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Hybrid Hype

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Searching for Colorful Choices from Thousands of Possibilities THE FIRST ORCHID HYBRID WAS artificially pollinated in 1852. John Dominy, foreman at the English orchid firm of Veitch and Sons, ... Read More

Having the Blues

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Searching for Orchids with Flowers Offering this Coveted Hue OF ALL THE RAINBOW’S COLORS, blue is perhaps the least represented in the plant world. If you think about it, flowers of a true blu... Read More

Haunting Orchids

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Form Conspires with Color To Impart Intrigue to Orchid Flowers WHILE MANY TYPES OF ORCHIDS are appreciated for cheerfully full round flower shapes, some orchid blossoms express the opposite po... Read More

Grown-Up Orchids

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Beginning with Mature Plants Offers Advantages IT’S IRONIC THAT MOST OF US acquire our orchid plants at an immature stage, often waiting patiently for years for that first flower. Once they re... Read More

Green Without Envy

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Myriad Interpretations on a Single theme WHILE GREEN MAY NOT BE A common flower color, it occurs on both wild and cultivated plants. Long before my interest in orchids began, I wondered why ga... Read More

Good News (Soc. Newsletters)

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Society Newsletters Gear Up to Deliver the Scoop in a Timely Fashion MY NOMINEE FOR THE HARDEST working member of any successful orchid society is not the show chair, or the program chair or e... Read More

Good Grooming

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago How to Make Your Orchids Look Their Best BEFORE YOU PACK UP YOUR flowering orchids and head off to your orchid society’s show table or AOS judging center, or to enter the nearest orchid show, ... Read More

Go Wild (Orchid Species)

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago 13 Orchid Species You Can Grow ORCHID SPECIES FREQUENTLY have the undeserved reputation of being difficult-to-cultivate prima donnas with ordinary flowers. If you share that philosophy, here i... Read More

Gifts for the Orchid Lover

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Wrap Up Your Shopping Early, Then Enjoy the Holidays Yourself THE HOLIDAY SEASON OFFERS many opportunities to share the joy of orchids with your friends and orchid-growing buddies, and there i... Read More

Garden Variety Orchids

Author is Ken Slump, posted over 5 years ago Selections for Growing Outdoors in Tropical and Temperate Regions WHILE MOST OF US CULTIVATE OUR tropical orchids in some sort of protected environment, in many parts of the country there are ... Read More