… Large, broad-petaled pink flowers are splotched in dark pink to red, surrounded by a white halo with a yellow patterned lip. Indoors, the plants … humidity, warm temperatures, and exceptionally well-drained potting media that is kept moist. In summer, applications of dilute foliar feed fertilizers will ensure the plant produces and stores enough energy to support heavy flowering in winter. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with its own unique …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lady orchid ( Oncidium Gower Ramsey), with long, arching flowering stems comes into flower in midwinter in the Chicago area. Dancing lady orchids adapt to home cultivation if they receive bright light, … lady orchid has been frequently studied by plant physiologists investigating the role of genes in flower development. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with its own …
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… Sprays of larger-than-normal yellowish-green flowers are covered in large mahogany blotches beginning in February and continuing into March. This selection from the native range has larger-than-typical flowers with a delicate fragrance. Grow this orchid in bright light, high humidity, and very well-drained soils (volcanic pebbles); fertilize it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… red petals surround the bright yellow lip on this dancing lady orchid cultivar. Grow indoors in bright light, high humidity, warm temperatures and very well drained potting media. In summer weekly fertilize with a dilute solution of foliar feed to build up enough stored energy to support the production of flowers in winter. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with its own unique …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lady orchid can last for a month or more each; dozens of flowers per stem. Grow indoors in bright light, high humidity, warm temperatures and well drained potting media. Move outdoors in summer and fertilize weekly with a dilute foliar feed to build up energy for the flowering cycle in winter. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with its own unique …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… One of the earliest of the hybrid lady slipper orchids, the white flag and petals veined in green with a green cup was quite the rage in 1900. It's ability to tolerate household conditions has increased popularity to the point it is described as the easiest of lady slipper orchids for beginners to grow in the twenty-first century. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ( Rosa 'Jactanic') produces masses of creamy, white flowers at the tips of branches clothed in glossy green leaves on an upright spreading shrub, which grows to 4 feet by 3 feet in size. The nicely scented flowers are much beloved by honeybees and butterflies. All roses … this cultivar. Both diseases become problematic as temperatures and relative humidities rise in late summer. Planting the roses in areas with good air movement helps—but can’t prevent—these …
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… Small yellow "dancing lady" orchids are blotched and spotted in dark red and produced in profusion on this diminutive selection. Grow this orchid in bright light, warm temperatures, and very well-drained soil media (coarse bark or lava rock); …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the base, surrounding a prominent red lip on this Cattleya orchid cultivar. Grow this orchid in bright light and in well-drained media, and with high humidity. Fertilize it weekly during the dormant season (summer) with dilute foliar fertilizer to prevent the leaves from scorching in the full sun (and to maximize stored energy for flower production next winter). The orchid …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are of my grandmother setting big pots of collard greens on the stove to stew—and then taking in their earthy, vinegary, peppery fragrance. A nutritional powerhouse, collard greens are a staple in many African American households, including mine. Tequia Burt's grandmother inspired her love for collard greens. Writer Tequia Burt grows heirloom collard greens in her Chicago garden. Earlier this year, I read with great interest the story of the Heirloom …
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