The task is to provide conditions paralleling ...

The task is to provide conditions paralleling ...

The task is to provide conditions paralleling those of the plant's native habitat, and to substitute others when the natural environment cannot be approximated.

The success of this procedure is demonstrated by the fact that many species grown in the glasshouse are far larger and more beautiful than jungle-grown specimens.

Natural conditions of temperature, atmospheric humidity, sunlight, and free circulation of air must be reproduced for each species of orchid plant under cultivation if maximum production and quality of blooms are to be attained.

This requires some sort of enclosure where each component of the balance can be properly controlled.

There is perhaps no perfect answer to the problem of housing.

Each grower, guided by the experience of others, must find a solution according to his needs, desires, and resources.

Occasionally someone will describe, with contagious enthusiasm, how he has grown orchids on the window sill of a kitchen or sun porch, and has even brought them to full bloom.

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Stay tuned for more orchid-growing advice tomorrow! :)




Woo hoo!