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Oncidium Orchid
Name: Commonly known as the Golden Shower orchid.
Description: Delicate sprays of tiny flowers, shaped like skirted dancing girls.
Colours: Yellow with brown spots.
Care Tips: They can last several weeks. They like cool air and regular misting, and are sensitive to ethylene gas so keep them away from fruit, vegetables and dying flowers. Snip off old flower heads. |
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Orchids
Name: From the Greek "orchis" meaning testicle, because of the shape of the bulbous roots.
Origin: Indigenous to tropical and semi-tropical regions of the world such as Asia, South and Central America. Some are native to the UK.
Colour: Everything except blue - there are even black and green orchids.
Family: Orchids are the largest family of the plant kingdom with over 25,000 naturally occurring species in the world, as well as all the specially-developed hybrids! Most houseplant orchids are either Phalaenopsis (fa-le-NOP-sis) (moth orchid), dendrobium, vanda, paphiopedilum (paff-eeo-PEDDY-lum) (slipper orchid) or cymbidium (sim-BIDDY-um).
Care Tips: Orchids can last 2 or 3 weeks cut and over a month on the plant. They like regular misting. Some, like Phalaenopsis adapt to central heating better than others.
Trivia:
Facts: The world's largest orchid can grow to 20 metres long.
History: Confucius acknowledged orchids saying, "the association with a superior person is like entering a hall of orchids". In 1595 a Chinese flower-arranging book "A Treatise of Vase Flowers" by Chang Ch'ien -te said orchids were in the top ranking of desirability.
Popularity: Currently the most popular houseplant in the UK according to F&PA surveys (Tying with peace lily). |
| If you would like to send flowers for a special occasion, contact 01600 715724 |
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