Orchids as Christmas Presents What do you buy for the person who has everything?  Or what do you buy older people? There are 30,000 orchid species.  The amount of hybrids are even larger.   Depending upon the type of flower, most plants are capable of blooming for two months.  The length of the blooms depends on the [...]

The first thing to check if one of your plants is not blooming is it’s leaf color. While we humans think that dark green leaves are healthiest, orchid prefer to have leaves that are lime or even chartruse, especially the cattleyas. If ou live up north in the United States, all your orchids should be moved [...]

Phalaenopsis and cymbidium should begin to set spikes in the next few months.  Look for them on the newest bulbs of your cymbidium and at the leaf joint above and opposite the last bloom stem. Then be patient. Buds develop at their own rate, just like children do.  The more we have sunny days, the [...]