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Orchid Information - Orchid SpeciesView Orchid Information Listing A Note on the Cultural InformationThe cultural information given is not in any way intended to be a definitive account of how orchids should be grown. Success with orchids, in fact with any group of plants, requires the grower to get to know their plants. Armed with basic information on how to care for your orchids, whether gleaned from books or websites, you can begin the wondrous adventure into orchid growing. The first important step you need to take is getting to know them, not as a group, but as individuals. Check your charges daily, look at what they are doing; this may entail daily lifting of the pots and taking a close look at what is going on. Are they showing signs of slowing down? Are the roots healthy? Or is root action just starting for the spring? Only with this daily observing will you know what your plants require, or are suffering from, and this is no different whether you grow orchids, roses or African Violets. The information I offer is based on nearly 30 years of growing orchids. Like everyone else, I started with a book and advice from other growers. As a gardener for many years on Scottish estates, I was expected to be able to grow orchids, amongst other things, so information was passed on to me by retiring head-gardeners I replaced. This information I used and modified to suit my own growing techniques and facilities, and that is the best piece of information I can pass on to you. Read and digest the information, whether here or in books or on other websites, but modify it when needed, use it only as a guide, rearrange to suit you and your plants. As is often said about this hobby and many others, your plants don’t go to libraries, nor do they surf the web, they will always do something completely different to what you read, they are like children and animals, they have a mind of their own. You may be wondering why I chose the group of orchids I did, to write about. Simply, they are plants that are often easy enough to buy, especially now that trading is much easier across borders, but basically, they are the plants that I either currently grow, or offer for sale, or have grown at some time over the last three decades. Use the information offered to enhance your growing experience, or perhaps to do better with a particular plant you have been struggling with. Use a bit from here and there, and mix it with what you already know, or someone else has already told you, but more importantly, don’t get yourself bogged down in detail and remove the pleasure, enjoy your plants. Bill. AdaAda aurantiaca : The orange-red Ada AerangisAerangis biloba : Two-lobed, referring to the lobed leaves. AeridesAerides falcata : Sickle shaped, probably referring to the leaves. AscocentrumAscocentrum miniatum : Red coloured BifrenariaBifrenaria tetragona : The four-angled Bifrenaria CalantheCalanthe cardioglossa : Heart-shaped lip Calanthe CampylocentrumCampylocentrum Sp. : - CattleyaCattleya aurantiaca : Orange Cattleya CeratochilusCeratochilus biglandulosa : Having two types of glands ChiloschistaChiloschista usenoides : Like Lichen CochleanthesCochleanthes amazonica : From the Amazon CoelogyneCoelogyne cristata : Crested CymbidiumCymbidium atropurpureum : The purple flowered Cymbidium. DendrobiumDendrobium amethystoglossum : Amethyst tongue DendrochilumDendrochilum convallariiforme : Like Lilly of the valley. DoritisDoritis pulcherrima : Beautiful Doritis EncycliaEncyclia bulbosa : Bulbous. EpidendrumEpidendrum janeirense : From Rio de Janeiro GaleandraGaleandra baueri : Named in honour of the Austrian botanical artist HolcoglossumHolcoglossum kimballianum : Kimball’s Holcoglossum, an American orchid grower KefersteiniaKefersteinia tolimensis : The Kefersteinia from Tolima. LaeliaLaelia anceps : - LemboglossumLemboglossum cordatum : Heart Shaped LycasteLycaste lasioglossa : Woolly-lipped MasdevalliaMasdevallia barleana : Barla’s Masdevallia. A Brazilian orchid collector. MaxillariaMaxillaria picta : The painted Maxillaria. NeofinetiaNeofinetia falcata : Sickle-shaped. It is also known in Japan as “The Wind Orchid”. OdontoglossumOdontoglossum crispum : Curled or wavy margins. OerstedellaOerstedella centradenia : - OncidiumOncidium batemannianum : Bateman’s Oncidium. An English orchid grower PaphiopedilumPaphiopedilum bellatulum : Pretty Paphiopedilum. PhalaenopsisPhalaenopsis aphrodite : Aphrodite's Phalaenopsis PhragmipediumPhragmipedium longifolium : Long leaves. PleionePleione formosana : From Formosa. PleurothallisPleurothallis hemirhoda : From the Greek, hemi meaning half, and rhoda meaning rose-colored. PromenaeaPromenaea xanthina : The yellow Promenaea. RossioglossumRossioglossum splendens : Splendid flowered. SophronitisSophronitis coccinea : The scarlet Sophronitis. VandaVanda coerulea : Blue coloured Vanda. WarmingiaWarmingia eugenii : Named for Eugenius Warming.
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