That’s when their roots push the plant up above the ... It was in flower at that time and now there is a new flower spike emerging. The orchid sits on the kitchen sink below a south-facing ...

If you fertilize in the winter, you can damage the orchid by burning its root tips. 3 ... to the orchid that it’s time to grow a flower spike,” he says. More fertilizer now won’t force ...

Before watering, look at the roots themselves ... you can cut off the flower spike after flowering is complete. Some orchids ...

Your orchid’s roots also crave stability and must have ... Let’s say the blooming cycle is over, and the flower spike (the stem from which the flowers bloom) is still a healthy green.

Plants form an important part of our indoor environment, so you may not want to move them all outside. Houseplants that have ...

Mukdenia forms a mound of thickly textured, glossy foliage with red streaking that gets 1 foot tall and 1-2 feet wide at ...

Overwatering is the most common problem and some plants, including cacti and carnivorous plants, don’t need feeding often either – maybe just once every few months. Here, he suggests five houseplants ...

Imagine stepping onto a land that’s been a relic of a world long past. Madagascar, often hailed as the world’s oldest island, ...

“In terms of getting them to flower again, once the flower spike with all the flower ... Top tip: Don’t water your orchid if the roots are green. 3. False shamrock (oxalis triangularis ...

Many dogwood varieties don’t need sun and will tolerate partial- to full-shade conditions. One spectacular species to try is Cornus florida, a tree with reddish-purple fall color surpassed only by its ...