Orange Orchid for Halloween
29 Oct 2009 5 Comments
in Flowers, Garden Design, Photography Tags: easy care orchids, Epidendrums, garden flowers, macro lens photography, orchid
Orange Epidendrum Orchid
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
My outdoor potted orchid, ”Epidendrum” showing off her colors for Halloween.
These orchids need very little care and bloom most of the time. The best temperatures to grow these orchids are between 60-90 degrees F/ 15.5-32.2 degrees C. Epidendrums come in a rainbow of colors and grow up to 2 feet tall. I grow these orchids outside in pots all year long and fertilize every few months. They make a great cutting flower and last for weeks in a vase of water or in a flower frog. This variety of orchid is not picky about the potting mix, as long as it has good drainage. I was surprised to find out that there are over 1,000 species of Epidendrums. I love simple gardening with big results and the Epidendrum orchid is my #1 choice!
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Oct 29, 2009 @ 07:57:27
Oh… how pretty! That’s a pretty wide temp range they can grow in.
Oct 30, 2009 @ 12:48:58
can i eat it?
Oct 30, 2009 @ 12:51:56
no, it’s not nasturtium… which you can eat and looks great on a cake or salad. i will show you that in a future post!
Oct 31, 2009 @ 17:40:25
What do you know about Proteas? Why don’t mine flower?
Nov 01, 2009 @ 09:07:17
Proteas are from South Africa, just like all my euphorbias on the side of my house where they get lots of sun and little water. It takes them 3 years to flower, they need full time sun (at least 6 hours a day) and need to be in well drained soil. They like to be up on a mound so that the root system stays mostly dry. Some Proteas take 6 years to flower. Make sure it is not planted too deep and no other plants are crowding it. Hope that helps! good luck.