{"id":112095,"date":"2019-11-02T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-grow-orchids-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2019-11-02T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:38:53","slug":"how-to-grow-orchids-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-grow-orchids-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to grow orchids | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGood winter light, careful watering, and feeding will ensure a rewarding crop of flowers, says our gardening expertMy first loves, when I was young, were epiphytic orchids; their often brash otherness seemed to speak to me. I dreamed of hothouses dripping in exotic blooms and joined the Orchid Society of Great Britain. Then I went to work in one of those hothouses, and those glamorous flowers suddenly seemed a little uptight, with all their demands and high humidity needs. Slowly but surely, orchids disappeared out of my life, until a couple of years ago when my neighbour gave me a moth orchid, Phalaenopsis x hybrid, when she was moving house. I thought it was a loan and then it turned into a gift, and just when my indifference was peaking, it flowered in great profusion. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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