Hardy orchids

Orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants, with an estimated 27,000 species worldwide. Around 70 per cent of orchids are epiphytic, meaning they derive their moisture and nutrients from the air and usually grow high in the canopy of tropical forests. But temperate species, such as those in Britain, are terrestrial in their growth habits, meaning they grow in the ground.

Winter can be extremely difficult for most plants to survive, including succulents. The growth process is hindered, and the plant can freeze out. However, several succulents can thrive well in freezing cold temperatures, too. Check out these Cold Hardy Succulents for Winters in our compiled list.

If you are looking for an easy-to-maintain plant, then Button Orchid can be a good choice. Here are all the details on How to Grow Dischidia nummularia.

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If you want to keep orchids healthy, you need to create a natural environment where they thrive while keeping the other important factors in mind. If your plant is not in good condition then have a look at How to Revive a Dying Orchid!

Orchids are famous for their flowers but there are also some beautiful Orchids with Decorative Foliage that add more to the look of the plant! Find the best ones below!

If I was in charge of a space botany program and had to choose which plants to grow in space, I don’t think orchids would make it onto the list. For one thing, they’re not that simple to grow – orchid seeds only germinate in the presence of their chosen fungal partner. And although they’re beautiful, orchids are hardly an essential crop (even though some of them produce an edible starch that is used to make a drink called salep and ice cream and is one of my ethnobotanical fascinations). The Soviet Union, however, made a different choice, sending tropical orchid plants and seeds to the Salyut 6 space station.

When someone says orchid, what springs to mind? Probably the beautiful and showy hybrid orchids you can buy in the garden centre, or possibly the tropical orchids Kew does such magnificent displays with during its annual orchid festival. The cultivation of tropical orchids became popular in Britain in the seventeenth century. At the time, no one knew how to propagate orchids from seed, and wild plants were dug up and imported en masse, devastating their native habitats. By the nineteenth century, people had realised that the common British wildflowers they had been overlooking were also orchids. They too became popular with collectors, with some species being driven to the brink of extinction by over-collection and the intensification of agriculture.

Today, frequent GPOD contributor Cherry Ong is taking us along on a garden tour she was able to go on in June. The tour was part of a four-day plant-study weekend organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Group, and the tour visited some beautiful gardens near Vancouver, Canada.

While growing indoors, Orchid Leaves Turning Yellow is one of the most common problems growers face. In this article, we will address all the possible issues and solutions to get rid of them.

Are you interested in growing orchids but feel a bit intimidated? Don’t worry! Orchids are beautiful, exotic flowers that can add a touch of luxury to any home. Although they have a reputation for being difficult to care for, many varieties of orchids are easy to grow with just a little knowledge.

Once established hardy Fuchsias need little maintenance. Growing outdoors they lose their foliage after frost and branches may or may not die back. However in spring they will send up fresh strong growing branches from the base or existing branch frameworks. A big advantage of growing in the ground is that the unrestricted root run can produce an extremely  floriferous plant.