Many people worry a lot when it comes to caring for their plants. When talking about house plants, there is no need to worry. There are just a few things you need to consider.
1. Watering
Overwatering kills most houseplants. Looks can be deceptive, so to see if your soil is dry enough to water, try the finger test. Insert your index finger up to the first joint into the soil. If the soil is damp, don't water it.
2. Feeding
Foliage plants usually have high nitrogen needs, while flowering plants, K2O is needed. Slow release fertilizers can be mixed with the compost. However, certain plants like cacti and orchids need special fertilizer. Feed plants during their most active growth period.
3. Lighting
Plants like Sanseveria and Aspidistra require no sun. They can be placed away from a window. Spider plants need semi-shade. You can put plants like these near a window that does or does not get sunlight. Check the label to see what your plant needs.
4. Temperature
Houseplants can survive in cool or warm temperatures, but drastic fluctuations of temperature may not be good for them. One thing that most plants cannot survive is gas heating. If you have a plant that likes warm conditions, don't put it near an air conditioner in the summer.
5. Humidity
Some houseplants require a humid environment. One tip to maximize humidity is to put the pot inside a larger pot and fill in the gaps with stones or compost to keep in the moisture. Grouping plants together often creates a microclimate that they will benefit from. If you want, you can spray them with water once or twice a day depending on the temperature.
6. Re-potting
Some plants require re-potting for optimum growth but there are others that resent having their roots disturbed. Or their roots system may be small enough that they don't require re-potting. One way to check if your plant needs re-potting is to turn it upside down. Tap the pot to release the plant and check its roots. If roots are all you see, then re-pot. Sometimes the roots will come out of the pot. You should either cut them off or re-pot the plant.
You just need to have a little care for your plants and in turn, you'll reap the benefits. Indoor plants not only add to the beauty of your décor, but also give much pleasure to the indoor gardener.
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How to Care Your Plants
The Coconut's Water can Increase Orchid Growth
The coconut’s water in the reality have the benefit to increase crop growth. The coconut’s water which is often thrown by all merchant in market. there is nothing wrong for us to exploit as crop fertilizer. During the time, the coconut’s water is used in Laboratory as additional nutrition in media of network culture
Result of the research indicate that the coconut water rich of potasium ( kalium) till 17 %. Besides rich of mineral, the coconut’s water also contain sugar about 1,7 until 2,6 % and protein 0,07 till 0,55 %. Other minerals for example natrium ( Na), calcium ( Ca), magnesium ( Mg), ferum ( Fe), cuprum ( Cu), phosphorus ( P) And sulphur ( S). Beside mineral, the coconut’s water also contain assorted of vitamin like cittrate, sour of nikotinat, sour of pantotenal, sour of folat, niacin, riboflavin, and thiamin. There are also 2 natural hormone that is auksin and sitokinin as supporter of bisection of cell of coconut embryo
Research in National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ( BIOTECH) in UP of Los Baños say that from coconut water we can get hormone extract which it can be made a product suplemen called as cocogro. Result of the research indicate that the hormone product from this coconut water able to improve result of soy till 64 %, peanut till 15 % and vegetable till 20-30 %. obstetrically is potassium element which is high enough, the coconut’s water can stimulate the orchid’s flower like dendrobium and phalaenopsis
From now on, try to cast aside a little coconut water which we drink to we dedicate to our friend, beloved orchid. Let’s try and don't forget to report its result as evaluation to friend of all.
Layering garden landscaping
Could your home do with a little more garden landscaping? Probably so, and that is a good thing. In fact you should be very excited about it because there is nothing more fun than garden landscaping, it will get your imagination working overtime and you will have a ball planting and rearranging your plants and flowers.
By layering your garden landscaping beds you will be able to add a whole other level of beauty to your landscaping design. Your yard is the first thing that people will see when they come to your house and giving a grand tour that includes a fabulous garden is always fun and exciting. You will be the talk of the neighborhood, and for all the right reasons this time, when you do some really good garden landscaping.
Layering your garden landscaping design is easy to do. You need to know the flowers that you are going to plant first however. The choices that you make as far as the flowers and other plants will affect just how your garden landscaping is laid out. For example you do not want to have the taller plants in front of the shorter ones. This is obvious but you should still make a rough sketch of where you want things laud out for your garden landscaping before you begin. This will help you to keep thins as simple as possible. Your garden landscaping will go a lot faster this way and you will run into fewer problems as you go.
When layering you should have about three layers. Your back row should face north, if it can, and the back row should have the tallest plants and as the rows descend so should the heights of the plants and flowers. The trick of this kind of garden landscaping is that oftentimes the plants we buy are baby plants. So you will need to talk to those working at your local gardening store about how large the plants will grow to be. This is key to successful garden landscaping. If the front or middle row of your garden landscaping design is going to grow much higher than the last row, then you will have to do some rearranging.
The layering affect of your garden landscaping design will add depth and make your garden much more interesting to look at. This is what will make your garden landscaping a success.
Jasmine
Jasmine is a decorative plant. In Indonesia, one of jasmine type made as a national symbol that is white jasmine ( Jasminum Sambac) because of its flower which is related to various tradition a lot of tribe in this country. Another dissimilar type which is popular too is gambir ( J. officinale).
In Indonesia jasmine name recognized by all over society in region Nusantara. Area Name for the jasmine is Menuh ( Bali), Meulu Cut or Meulu China ( Aceh), Menyuru ( Banda), Jasmine ( Gayo And Batak Karo), Manduru ( Menado), Mundu ( Bima And Sumbawa) and Manyora ( Timor), and also Malete ( Madura
In Italia, jasmine casablanca ( Jasminum Officinalle), so-called Spanish Jasmine planted by year 1692 to be made a perfume. Year 1665 in England, Duke Casimo intoduce de Medici and plant jasmine ( J. sambac). In year 1919 found jasmine J. parkeri in area of North-West India, Later; planted in England in 1923.
Jasmine types
Among 200 jasmine type which have been identified by all new botanist about 9 common jasmine type which planted and there are 8 potential jasmine type to be made as a decorative crop. Mostly jasmine type grow wild in forest because it is not yet been expressed by a economic potency and its social.
Jasmine crop , important varietas and characteristics of jasmine crop shall be as follows : Jasminum Sambac Irrigate the ( white jasmine, nation flower
* Jasminum Multiflorum Andr. ( forest jasmine: gambir, poncosudo,
* Star Jasmine J. pubescens Willd
* Jasminum Officinale ( jasmine casablanca, Spanish Jasmine) synonym by J. floribundum = Jasmine Grandiflorum). Clump as high as 1,5 metre
* Jasminum Rex - King of Jasmine
* Jasminum Parkeri Dunn. ( pot jasmine)
* Jasminum parkeri Dunn. (melati pot).
* Jasminum mensyi (Jasminum primulinum, melati Primrose).
* Jasminum revolutum Sims. (Italian jasmine)
* Jasminum simplicifolium (Australian Jasmine, J. volibile, melati Bintang). Hybride Jasmine.
Type dan varietas of jasmine which is in Java Island are :
* Jasminum sambac (white Jasmine), varietas: 'Maid of Orleans', 'Grand Duke of Tuscany', menur and 'Rose Pikeke'
* Jasminum multiflorum ('Star Jasmine')
* Jasminum officinale (gambir).
Anthurium Gardening
Anthurium is a tropical decorative crop, owning high fascination as decorator
column, because of its leaf form and its beautiful flower, Anthurium which have beautiful leaves is Indonesia genuiness, while the flower of crosscut is come from Europe.
In Indonesia, there are 7 type of anthurium, that is Anthurium cyrstalinum ( elephant ear), Anthurium Pedatoradiatum, Anthurium Andreanum, Anthurium Rafidooa, Anthurium Hibridum ( elephant tongue), Anthurium Makrolobum and Anthurium Scherzerianum.
Planting
Anthurium can be multiplied in two ways , that is generative (seed) and vegetatif (stek).
1. Planting by generative (seed)
Anthurium crop own 2 kinds of flower that is masculine flower and female flower. Masculine flower marked by existence of its stamen, while female flower marked by existence of mucus. Seed obtained by traversing masculine flower and female flower. By using snapping fingers at flower pistil taken and dabbed flatten into mucus of the female flower. About 2 month later, flower yielded by have grown, there are a lot of seed anthurium in it. Pare the seeds, clean it and dry it, then scattered at smooth land ; ground/soil medium. Seedbed placed at damp condition and itis always sprinkled
2. Planting by vegetatif ( stek)
There are two ways of perbanyakan by vegetatif, that is stek of bar and stek of bydm soriyt eye. Way of perbanyakan by stek is cut the crop tabletop by figuring in 1 - 3 root, then the crop which have been cut then planted at medium grow which have been prepared
MEDIUM PREPARATION GROW
Pursuant to its usefulness, medium grow divided to become 2 kinds of, that is medium grow for the seedbed of and for the adult crop. Medium grow consisted of the humus mixture, animal fertilizer and river sand. Humus or timberland and animal fertilizer become sieving about 1 cm, while sand mixed sieving about 3 mm. Humus, animal fertilizer and river sand which have been sieved, mixed with comparison 5 : 5 2. For the seedbed, growing medium require to be sterilized by steam it about one hour.
POT PREPARATION
To plant anthurium, you can use soil pot, plastic pot or pot straso. the best pot is soil pot because it has a lot of pore which can diffuse the air from outside of the pot. If you use a new pot, pot require to be soaked in water about 10 minute. Part of under pot given by the critical fraction / tortous pot, later;then the top part given by the red stone fraction as thick as 1 / 4 high of the pot. Medium grow in the form of humus mixture, animal fertilizere and river sand packed into a pot.
CONSERVANCY
After planting, crop looked after with sprinkle 1 - 2 times one day. The old leaves or dead leaves should be destroyed,must be cut to clean and it looked interesting. Anthurium should not located in the place which have direct shunshine.
Hydroponics Gardening
Hydroponics was derived from the Greek word hydro, which means "water" and ponos, which means "labor or water-working". Hydroponics gardening involves growing plants with their roots in other nutrient solutions and without soil.
Hydroponics gardening is as simple as ordinary gardening. Both of them necessitate sufficient light, water, temperature, light, and humidity. But with hydroponics, no soil is used. Instead a soil substitute holds the roots while nutrients are carried by the water. Indoor hydroponic gardening is not that hard and plants respond well to this method of growing.
This is one of the major considerations in hydroponics gardening since it sustains the plants. One has to make sure that this nutrient solution maintains a pH level of 5 to 6 after dilution. In hydroponics gardening, the plants should be watered more than three times a day. this is usually done using a pump and timer.
If your hydroponics garden is located indoors, the most suitable temperature is between 71 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course, this temperature may change depending on the different types of plant you are working on, e.g. tropical plants.
Place your plants somewhere they can receive ample amount of light. Otherwise artificial light must be used. High pressure Sodium lights or bulbs are a suitable substitute for natural light.
Humidity is good. When the room’s temperature rises, the air will be able to hold the sufficient amount of moisture your plants will need.
A hydroponics system can be fully automated. Since it is water-based, the gardener has no soil to dig or weeds to pull. Also, the water can be re-used to prevent wastage.
With hydroponics, an excellent yield of quality plants can be easily achieved. Home hydroponics systems and DIY kits are are readily available in most hardware stores.
Flower Gardening - Part 2
You can order seeds for flower gardening from catalogues or buy them from a nursery. Most people will go to the nursery and buy actual flowers and then transplant them. After you have prepared your garden area and bought flowers, it is a good idea to lay the flowers out in the bed to make sure you like the arrangement and that they will be spaced properly. Flower gardening is becoming more and more popular every day. Flowers can brighten everyone’s day, they smell nice, and are a great hobby. Flower gardening is simple, inexpensive, and loads of fun. Flower gardening can be done for yard decoration, simply as a hobby, or even professionally.
You can order seeds for flower gardening from catalogues or buy them from a nursery. Most people will go to the nursery and buy actual flowers and then transplant them. After you have prepared your garden area and bought flowers, it is a good idea to lay the flowers out in the bed to make sure you like the arrangement and that they will be spaced properly. When flower gardening, you must decide what type of look you want before planting. For instance, mixing different heights, colors, and varieties of flowers together in a “wild-plant style” will give your garden a meadow look and can be very charming. If short flowers are planted in the front of your garden and work up to the tallest flowers in the back you will have a “stepping stone style”. Flower gardening is becoming more and more popular every day. Flowers can brighten everyone’s day, they smell nice, and are a great hobby. Flower gardening is simple, inexpensive, and loads of fun. Flower gardening can be done for yard decoration, simply as a hobby, or even professionally. There are some decisions that have to be made before even flower gardening can be started. You must decide if you want annuals that live for one season and must be replanted every year, or perennials that survive the winter and return again in the summer. When buying and planting, pay attention to what kind of flowers thrive in your climate as well ass the sun requirements. When flower gardening, you must decide what type of look you want before planting. For instance, mixing different heights, colors, and varieties of flowers together in a “wild-plant style” will give your garden a meadow look and can be very charming. If short flowers are planted in the front of your garden and work up to the tallest flowers in the back you will have a “stepping stone style”.
Flower Gardening - Part 1
One of the easiest processes in flower gardening is the planting/ if you have seeds just sprinkle them around in the flower bed. For planting transplants dig a hole just bigger than the flower, pull the container off, and set the flower in the hole right side up. Cover it with the loose soil and press down firmly, then water. Maintaining a flower garden is even easier than planting one. Although they might make it on their own, a bag of fertilizer applied in the early spring is a good idea. Pinch back any blooms after they start to fade and keep them good and watered.
To save yourself work during the next season of flower gardening, rid your garden of all debris and spread out organic nutrients like peat moss or compost. Don’t forget to turn over the soil to properly mix in the fertilizer and rake smooth when finished. If you have perennials planted be careful not to disturb their roots in this process. You can order seeds for flower gardening from catalogues or buy them from a nursery. Most people will go to the nursery and buy actual flowers and then transplant them. After you have prepared your garden area and bought flowers, it is a good idea to lay the flowers out in the bed to make sure you like the arrangement and that they will be spaced properly. Maintaining a flower garden is even easier than planting one. Although they might make it on their own, a bag of fertilizer applied in the early spring is a good idea. Pinch back any blooms after they start to fade and keep them good and watered. To save yourself work during the next season of flower gardening, rid your garden of all debris and spread out organic nutrients like peat moss or compost. Don’t forget to turn over the soil to properly mix in the fertilizer and rake smooth when finished. If you have perennials planted be careful not to disturb their roots in this process. You can order seeds for flower gardening from catalogues or buy them from a nursery. Most people will go to the nursery and buy actual flowers and then transplant them. After you have prepared your garden area and bought flowers, it is a good idea to lay the flowers out in the bed to make sure you like the arrangement and that they will be spaced properly. Maintaining a flower garden is even easier than planting one. Although they might make it on their own, a bag of fertilizer applied in the early spring is a good idea. Pinch back any blooms after they start to fade and keep them good and watered. To save yourself work during the next season of flower gardening, rid your garden of all debris and spread out organic nutrients like peat moss or compost. Don’t forget to turn over the soil to properly mix in the fertilizer and rake smooth when finished. If you have perennials planted be careful not to disturb their roots in this process. Flower gardening is becoming more and more popular every day. Flowers can brighten everyone’s day, they smell nice, and are a great hobby. Flower gardening is simple, inexpensive, and loads of fun. Flower gardening can be done for yard decoration, simply as a hobby, or even professionally. Flower gardening is becoming more and more popular every day. Flowers can brighten everyone’s day, they smell nice, and are a great hobby. Flower gardening is simple, inexpensive, and loads of fun. Flower gardening can be done for yard decoration, simply as a hobby, or even professionally. You can order seeds for flower gardening from catalogues or buy them from a nursery. Most people will go to the nursery and buy actual flowers and then transplant them. After you have prepared your garden area and bought flowers, it is a good idea to lay the flowers out in the bed to make sure you like the arrangement and that they will be spaced properly.
Black Orchid (Coelogyne Pandurata)
It is recognized by the name of Black Orchid or Black Orchid, because of its tongue there are black colour. Coelogyne Pandurata Lindley gone the round of Malaysia, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Philipina in Mindanao, Luzon island And Samar Island. Generally growing at old tree, near coast or in the area of lowland bog which is hot enough .
Descriptioni Type :
Habitus : Orchid Teresterial. Bar / sham corm: straighten in the form of cylinder with the back part trapeze, long 10 - 12 cm, supporting 2 - 3 piece of leaf. Leaf : in form of ellipse, with the sharp-pointed back part, size measure about 36 x 12 cm, owning clear leaf bone. Flowering : emerge from sham corm jetty, supporting 3 - 4 flower. Flower : wide size measure of flower about 2 cm, squeezing chromatic at its back part shares. Lip : rust colored [is] squeezing of its sharp-pointed back part shares
habitat And disseminating :
In damp forest area and shaded [at] height 700 - 1.100 m dpl. Blazed abroad in Sumatra and Java
Origin Collect The :
Nusa of West South-East, Bali, Middle Sulawesi
Conservation Status :
Seldom.
Vanda Limbata Orchid
Name : Vanda Limbata Blume, Rumphia 4:49 ( 1849)
Synonym : ( there is no note)
Indonesia Name -
Origin : East Java
Habitat : its Natural Habitat is in lowland forest in East Java, Madura, Bali till Archipelago of Nusa of East South-East may even exist this species report is also found in Philippine. Adaptif at pattern of vegetasi forest opened by fluent aerasi and also light intensity 60-85 with the temperature 26-32ºC
Info Flower : In one tree deflect to release 1-2 tandan flower with the amount of kuntum between 3-10 per tandan.
Flower's diameter about 3-4 cm, elementary ratch petal chromatic yellow with the pattern of pock of white brown. Very variatif in colour, strarting yellow turn pale till yellow brown ( specimen of origin of Java and Madura) and deep brown is squeezing till old purple is squeezing ( specimen of origin of Nusa South-East). So also with the colour labellumnya from pink turn pale till squeeze the purple, even at some flower can be found white colour labellum is brass. Besides form labellumnya, specific individuality other;dissimilar differentiating with the consanquinity of Vanda the other is small gibbosity at middle shares of jetty of behind from labellumnya. Its flower release the aroma fragrance, especially in the morning at 07.00-11.00
Boldness : Very adaptif and easy to to be looked after. Growth rate grow on very quickly. It is easy to grown with the media plant and also without media plant. Usually flower at season commutation, especially at moment run dry between dry season step into the the rains
article By. Destario Metusala 07.
The Bog Butterfly Orchid
Papilionanthe Hookeriana Rchb.F. ( 1915) is one of type of orchid of species of national pride of Indonesia because of its charming flower.
Even orchid of symbol of country Singapura that is Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim represent the clan from cross result between Papilionanthe hookeriana and Papilionanthe teres. name Hookeriana given as respect to Sir William Jackson Hooker, a professor of botany at 18th century which have taken hold of as Great Garden director of Kew, English.
This Orchid is inclusive of bog orchid because generally grow in bog area. When it seen from posture buttonhole, orchid very look like with the nearness consanquinity that is main Papilionanthe, so that people often cannot differentiate both types of this orchid when only see from its crop. In its natural habitat this crop can reach high until 2,5 m. Its bar is circle-silindris. Diamater Bar is about 0,5-1,2 cm. Its leaf also the in form of cylindrical with the sharp-pointed back part and have position to straighten the. surface of smooth leaf and Bar of green chromatic. Its roots appear as long as book at its bar. Naturally, this orchid easy to be reproduced through of stek bar technique. Because bar form and its leaf is cylindrical look like the pencil, this orchid often also conceived of by Pencil orchid . But when it seen from the side botanist.The shape of orchid represent the adaptation to light intensity high sun, because form of cylindrical leaf and bar and also leaf position which straightening will lessen the evaporation water area.
Let Us Start Gardening
The thing to remember while gardening is to start small. A small plant bed, about 25 or 30 feet square is perfect, is just enough room for about 30 plants. This will give you a chance to try out your green thumb and if you find that you enjoy your garden you can always expand and increase your plantings.
The next thing you will want to do is choose a site. Gardening must be done in an area that gets at least six hours of sunlight. Try and stay away from large trees that will take your plants water and nutrients, and at least three feet from any fences or buildings. In hot climates it is a good idea to choose a place that will have shade from a part of the intense afternoon sun. It is possible to have a healthy garden with even ten to twelve hours of sunlight, but the type of plants must be adaptable. While soil can always be improved, a site with good soil is a plus. Avoid areas that have rocky soil, steep slopes, or areas where water stands.
Now comes the fun part: start digging. Gardening is not a clean hobby; you’re going to have to get some dirt under your nails. First remove the rocks, debris, and any grass and weeds then dig the spot up about one foot deep. Level up the dirt and add compost or minerals if the needed. If your soil is too acidic, add lime; if it is too sandy, add peat moss. Plants will thrive in neutral to acidic soil with a little added fertilizer.
If you buy seeds then plant them according to the directions. If picking plants, choose ones with green, healthy looking leaves and stems and healthy roots. Put the smaller plants towards the front of the bed and larger ones in the back. The key to a successful beginning in gardening is planting at the right time. Make sure and wait until the frosts are over before planting. If you are planting seeds the package will usually tell you exactly when you can plant them to achieve maximum growth.
Once you have started and gotten into gardening, making sure your plants receive enough water is essential to their growth. Hand watering works well if you only have a few plants. Other options include sprinklers or sprinkler hoses. Watering is more effective during the cooler parts of the day. The type of plant will depend on how much water is needed, but most require about an inch per week. During the hottest periods plants will be need watering about three times per week.
One of the most helpful things to add to a garden is mulch or compost. Just a few inches of organic mulch will improve fertility and help the soil hold moisture. Wood chips, grass clippings, leaves, manure, and pine needles are all things that can be used as mulch.
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