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Showing posts with label indoor plant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indoor plant. Show all posts

Monday, 30 January 2023


A cymbidium orchid blooms.

These easy-to-care-for orchids produce exotic and flamboyant displays of long-lasting blooms. 

My orchids spend the summer and autumn out in the garden. (They need cool temperatures and good light to encourage blooms).  I then bring them indoors to an unheated greenhouse where they will produce their spectacular blooms. 

Once a week soak the pots with water and a little orchid feed. 

Enjoy! 

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/cymbidium/growing-guide



Thursday, 20 August 2020

Cuckmere River, Alfriston East Sussex


Lovely walk along the Cuckmere River at Alfriston.  Places to visit. Much ado Books, Alfriston Clergy House (closed temporarily) Hand Spun Botanics and The Shot Coffee House



Monday, 17 August 2020

Blooming Orchid


Phalaenopsis or Moth orchid.  These plants are so rewarding when they bloom.  Blooms last for weeks and the plant needs minimal care.  They like an an east facing window sill, cool nights and warmer days, water once a week by plunging the pot into a basin of water and allow to soak for about ten mins then drain and pop back on the windwo sill. (Orchids prefer 'soft' water so allow the water to to sit for an hour or two before using) fertilize when the plant is not flowering.