Yes Rod, after 25yrs of living in the bush in the north Melbourne area I am aware of the many native orchids which dont mind being in the ground, but there they stay too, being natives and in the bush they are […]

You are so right Bio

but most people don’t recognise orchids
for many of them you have to go on your knees
to see that they are orchids

once you know them you don’t understand
that you didn’t see them […]

Adrienne, I had to smile at your comment about, “one of the few orchids which don’t mind being planted in the ground if you live in a warm area”.
While it might be true of the exotic epiphytes orchids most […]

You can make a lot of pictures
have a look with Picasa See: Picasa
delete all the bad ones
make the good one smaller 800×600 pixels
and post here

now you are a good photographer

Roland

I am not a good photographer, I am a good gardener…but I will try in the morning.

Looks fantastic Adrienne

can you make a close up from one of the flowers

R

I just read what I wrote and sort of contradicted myself didn’t I. It was no fuss until it got burnt anyway.

Hi Kathleen

We lived in Queensland for 7 years (Redbank and Camira). We now live in Vic. My first orchid I bought in Queensland. It was a white cymbidium orchid with a yellow throat- long strappy leaves. It was […]

Sorry

Better to start using Latin names here
this is confusing

Roland

Hi Kathleen ,the bottle -brush tree is perfect for orchids because it has rough bark, but the bottle tree is smooth.

Oh I don’t many other trees in the garden that have rough bark other than the bottle brush :/ I’ll have to ask at the local nursery and order in one.

Yes I know the bottle tree, but I would not choose it for an orchid though, the bark is smooth and orchids prefer rough bark trees.

I was thinking about bonding an orchid with a bottle tree I don’t know the latin name for it but it gets a swollen trunk as it gets older. We do have a bottle brush tree but it is only 12 months old so its only 1 […]

MMMM….nice colour choice!

I will make later on the day some pictures
I have to plant first Zephyranthes candida var Lemon Drops
Of-course bought in Australia

Roland

Or this?