if these are orchid plants hardening should not be done in soil according to me. the orchids have special tissue called velamin with which they absorb moisture from air. hence what i know is we can tie the orchid plants in coconut fibre or moss and tie them hanging to a hook or preferably some trees. of course some orchids do grow in soil but few. what i have heard is also that such varities from other parts if we cultivate at home mostly they show vegetative growth. rarely they flower for one or two seasons but latter they dont. ofcourse there are orcid growing centres, but what care they take i am not aware. madhuri
--- On Sun, 1/11/09, RS Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > From: RS Sharma <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:7441] How to open the Orchid Jars > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 5:25 PM > Friends, > I had purchased a couple of bottles/jars containing orchids > from Kuala > Lumpur about three months back. The shopkeeper told me that > these are > tissue culture plants and had food for three months. These > should be > opened after three months and then grown further. > > I had left the plants in the sealed jars and these have > been growing > there. Now it is going to be about three months and the > time to open > the bottles. > > Could somebody help me as to how to manage this transition > from bottle > to open environment without damaging the plants? > > Thanks in advance. > RS Sharma > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
