Comments on: Bird Tales…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 23:57:52 +0000

artisan, the orchids are native to the Philippines, but as sadly common over the decades, perfected and farmed in Taiwanese nurseries. They raise them by the tens of thousands and wholesale I understand they are just PHP300-400 per pot with big blooms on them. Importers in Manila bring them in and sell them for PHP650-700 each pot, nowhere near the prices in Japan. Some local growers also raise them, but with less consistent and ebullient blooms. Even when I manage to get blooms, it is say half as big/long as the fresh plants from Taiwan…

By: millet

millet — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 02:18:01 +0000

hahahaha!

By: artisan chocolatier

artisan chocolatier — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:42:07 +0000

One for the birds!!! (pun intended) hahahaha. Good story MM. But seriously, Are those the same orchids that sell for a gazillion yen in Japan?

By: Jovita

Jovita — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 23:20:45 +0000

My late mother used diluted pee (her own). I remember her orchids were flourishing back then, so apparently it worked quite well. However, the plants might emit a bit of an unwanted, musky smell.

By: Isa

Isa — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:42:03 +0000

We use Siam brand, directions are on the container. We spray our orchids with it once a weeks. Our old gardener also recommended watering them with the cloudy water from washing your rice.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:31:07 +0000

Thanks Jeff! Pardon my ignorance, but what are soluble trace elements, a form of fertilizer? And may I ask what type of fertilizer you use? Thanks!

By: Jeff Petilla

Jeff Petilla — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:21:43 +0000

you might want to fertilize 1x -2x weekly it certainly helps, also try using Soluble trace elements, they have those in QC circle, it works wonders for my phalaenopsis

By: EbbaBlue

EbbaBlue — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:48:16 +0000

Wow again.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:57:32 +0000

You might be confusing your sympathy for hapless fledglings with birdbrain-sized brainlessness in baby birds. Both are tolerable as long as they are confined to avians.

By: Kasseopeia

Kasseopeia — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:12:03 +0000

Flowers and birds in one post.
#GreenMind hehehehe