By John Tullock
This can be a publication for adventurous gardeners with an appreciation for temperate orchid species and local wildflowers. a stunning variety of terrestrial orchids are hardy, a few capable of face up to temperatures all the way down to minus 50°F or minus 45.5°C. notwithstanding they've got a name for being hard to domesticate, honestly, such a lot hardy orchids aren't any extra so than a rose. this is often nice information for gardeners, who will take pleasure in filling their gardens with their mesmerizing fragrances, bright colour screens, and long-lived blooms. on the heart of the booklet is a catalog of 103 hardy and half-hardy orchids. as well as detailing the options of cultivation and propagation, the booklet covers conservation and comprises lists of providers and corporations supplying nursery-propagated vegetation — a particularly severe factor for species at risk of extinction.
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Another reason for failure with orchids in the garden has to do with watering technique, whether providing too much water or watering at the wrong time. Natural rainfall should be sufficient for orchids native to an area if they are growing in beds sunk into the ground. ) Applying extra water during the orchid’s dormant period or when the temperature remains too low for vigorous growth often leads to problems. Finally, pH and its relation to the availability of nutrients in the growing medium must be given consideration.
General Principles of Hardy Orchid Cultivation The completed bed with Cypripedium acaule plants in place. CONSTRUCTING A BOG GARDEN Orchidists have Holman (1976) to thank for designing and testing the bog garden method for growing hardy orchids. I have used some variation of the basic design to create growing places for every species of hardy orchid in my collection, with the exception of Bletilla and the species that love strongly acid soil. Orchid growers familiar with Phragmipedium, a genus of tropical slipper orchids, will quickly get the point.
Given the proclivities of hardy orchids toward extreme habitats, they should be a cinch to grow. After all, other plants capable of colonizing barren sites literally grow like weeds in the garden. Most of them, in fact, are weeds. Why not orchids? It turns out that although orchids have successful strategies for dealing with extreme habitats, they lack adaptability. Only habitats that 35 General Principles of Hardy Orchid Cultivation fulfill a specific set of growth requirements will support orchids.