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Title What Is The Color Of The Flower Of Oncidium Splendidum?
Submitted : June 04, 2010 Word Count : 528 Popularity: 112

Author Kent Higgins

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Summary Just now Oncidium splendidum is beginning to show color as its yellow flowers unfold in an upright spray a yard or more above the thick dark green leaves. Its blossoms also resemble butterflies but are... [Read Full Article]

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd'>; <html><head><title>Article Directory Online : Free Online Article Submission - Articleonlinedirectory | What Is The Color Of The Flower Of Oncidium Splendidum?</title></head><body><h3>What Is The Color Of The Flower Of Oncidium Splendidum?</h3> By: Just now Oncidium splendidum is beginning to show color as its yellow flowers unfold in an upright spray a yard or more above the thick dark green leaves. Its blossoms also resemble butterflies but are larger than varicosum and the bright yellow blossoms are marked with chocolate brown spots. Both species keep well as cut flowers and make beautiful corsage or graceful sprays for a vase. A doctor friend whom I advised to purchase plant of this for his solarium informed me recently that they are blooming the second year and doing well, so you see this is another which may be added to the "solarium list." Their culture is much the same as Cattleyas and require a period of rest after blooming and until no growth starts. A little liquid fertilizer once in two weeks during then growing period is beneficial. During the resting period do not water as often bu never allow the pseudo-bulbs to shrivel. Calanthes are now in bloom and afford most graceful sprays in pure white (Harris variety) white with a dark pink throat (Wm. Murray), or regeieri which is similar, bright pink (veitchi) and one of the largest and most beautiful pink or carmine varieties, - Florence. They are all peculiar in blossoming after the pseudo-bulbs have shed their leaves, the blossom stem emerging from the base of the bulb. The culture of Calanthes is not difficult if a few cardinal points are observed: After blooming the bulbs are allowed to become dry, are either left in the pots which are turned upon their sides or are removed and stored in dry sand or peat in a warm room. About April 1st new growth will start from the base of the bulb and they should then be potted up at once. Potting material consists of good potting soil, crushed pot shreds or common red brick broken into small pieces which is added in small amount, some sand if soil is heavy and about one-third the quantity of good well-rotted cow manure. A small amount of fine bone meal is also considered beneficial. Three- or four-inch pots for the medium sized bulbs and five-inch for the larger are usually adequate. The bulbs are only inserted into the potting material about a half inch or just deep enough to keep them upright. Little water is given until roots appear and from then on until the leaves turn yellow in the fall they should be given ample moisture and a warm house. A temperature of about 70 degrees at night is best and as their growing period is during the summer, this is not difficult. They should be shaded from bright sunshine. Bulbs can he purchased from about $2.00 up, according to variety. Orchid plants are naturally long lived and most of them can be readily increased by division so that with care one may gradually increase his stock from his own plants. The Calanthes, just mentioned increase quite rapidly by the production of new bulbs and the old bulbs are planted the second year to increase the stock. Author Resource:-> Find out more as Kent Higgins shares his experiences on indoor plants, landscaping, lawns and patio at www.plant-care.com. Weve created an excellent resource for you on the topic of <a href=http://www.plant-care.com/window-garden-small-scale.html>How To Plant Window Boxes</a>. Article From <a href='http://www.articleonlinedirectory.com/'>Article Directory Online : Free Online Article Submission - Articleonlinedirectory</a> </body></html>

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