Comments on: Slipper Orchids

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:46:40 +0000

I got these at the Saturday FTI market. But that was a few months ago, they are seasonal.

By: jessa

jessa — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:45:15 +0000

where can i get these for Php250? tnx

By: shalimar

shalimar — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:29:34 +0000

A friend took me for a drive to Key Largo when I was based in Florida. Instead of taking the usual route he took be west by Homestead,

There one nursery after each other selling orchids… I told my friend its just like Philippines.

This orchid cost around $80 online flower delivery,

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:28:22 +0000

ntgerald thanks much for the enlightening info.

By: ntgerald

ntgerald — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:55:12 +0000

MC,

Flasking of seedpods is also being done here in the Philippines.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:31:08 +0000

During the time of our Mothers they relied on repotting a matured plant for new growth of orchids. I watched the science television program the other night where they featured the new modern marvel of propagating orchids called in vitro done in a laboratory after collecting the specimens from a flowering orchid with a cotton swab and kept the swab in a sealed test tube and sent it to a lab in Thailand for growth and culture. Once the seedlings reached a certain stage of development they ship them back to their country of destinations for further cultivation, growth, flowering and marketing.

By: Cecilia

Cecilia — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:50:22 +0000

Yes, this post is making me feel nostalgic. And I now, too, grow and nurture orchids. Perhaps not as sophisticated as our mothers. And I am pretty sure my daughters will be continuing the same. Thank you again, Marketman, for a lovely post.

By: corrine

corrine — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:28:31 +0000

So apt for Mother’s Day! Yes, why do orchids and moms go together? My mother also grew a lot of orchids. The phalaenopsis seemed too common those days but boy, do I love them today! Those orchids went one by one since she had stroke. Aha, an orchid will be the perfect gift for her on Sunday and probably a lot of mothers.

By: ragamuffin girl

ragamuffin girl — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:26:24 +0000

nothing to do with your current post, but rather with your feeding program. have you watched this video by a PInoy which won first place at a filmfest?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7W6ru_MDD0

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:18:10 +0000

So timely MM!! An ode to your Mom. It is only when they are gone that we fully realize how precious their lessons are to us.
To all Moms—Happy Mothers Day on Sunday!!! We love you. I miss my Mom who passed away in 2002….Miss you Mom….