Well at the moment we are coming to the end of our Summer, New Zealand winters can sometimes freeze at night and is around 3-10 degress during the day. I have a terrarium which I can use to grow anything in and a coldhouse (glasshouse) outside.
Summer is normally around 15-25 range during the day and 10-13 at night. I can create any condition I want its just finding something easy to grow first... Fertalizing periods, growing media and so on. On 3/14/07, Nicholas Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ewan, Sorry, I missed your initial posting. The book that Peter suggested is a good one. I'd also recommend "Orchids Simplified: An Indoor Growing Guide" by Henry Jaworski. As for the specifics of your question. It is difficult to answer without knowing more about your growing conditions. Can you tell us if you will be growing under lights, on a windowsill (what direction?), or in a greenhouse? As you know, Sarracenias, lowland Nepenthes, and Mexican Pinguiculas all require different culture. Same deal with orchids. Most of the major groups of orchids have plants that are easy for beginners, and hybrids are often more tolerant for species. It would probably be hard to go wrong with a hybrid Phalaenopis, hybrid Dendrobium, or miniature cattleya. Seed propagation should probably wait until you master basic culture, unless you are already tissue-culturing your own CP. If you have a handle on tissue culture techniques, then you should be able to flask orchid seed. Nick -- Nicholas Plummer Chapel Hill, NC, USA ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
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