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Palmier Areca - Chrysalidocarpus Lutescens: instructiuni de ingrijire, caracteristici

Areca Palm - Chrysalidocarpus Lutescens: care instructions, characteristics

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Areca palm) is a very elegant palm that adapts very well to apartment or house environments, being one of the most valued and often purchased indoor plants. Thanks... Read more...

Maxillaria Variabilis - Ghid de Ingrijire si Caracteristici

Maxillaria Variabilis - Care Guide and Characteristics

Maxillaria variabilis (Bateman ex Lindl. 1837) - a small-sized botanical species from Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México), Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia,... Read more...

Orhidee Ludisia Discolor - Caracteristici si Instructiuni de Ingrijire

Ludisia Discolor Orchid - Features and Care Instructions

This botanical orchid species has a wide distribution, from northern India to Southeast Asia, north of southwest China and south to Malaysia and Indonesia. In China, Ludisia Discolor populates swampy... Read more...

Orhidee Cochleanthes (Warczewiczella) - Caracteristici si Instructiuni de Ingrijire

Cochleanthes Orchid (Warczewiczella) - Features and Care Instructions

There are only four orchid species in this genus, and they originate from Mexico, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Cochleanthes orchids grow quite large, with leaves reaching... Read more...

Ingrijire Tillandsia - Plante Aeriene - Plante Aerofite - Tillandsia Airplant. Udare si Intretinere

Care for Tillandsia Airplant - Air Plants - Airborne Plants. Watering and Maintenance

The term Tillandsia Air Plants actually refers to over 500 varieties of epiphytic Tillandsia that can survive without substrate. These plants have the ability to absorb the necessary nutrients through... Read more...

Ingrijire Orhidee Maxillaria sophronitis

Maxillaria sophronitis Orchid - Complete Care Guide

Maxillaria Sophronitis (Ornithidium Sophronitis) is a remarkable and spectacular botanical species, yet still enigmatic for growers. Although extremely easy to grow as it easily produces new growths under normal apartment... Read more...

Substratul Lechuza PON pentru Orhidee, Citrice, Bonsai si alte Plante

Lechuza PON Soil for Orchids, Citrus, Bonsai, and Other Plants

Lechuza Pon is an inorganic plant substrate, suitable for both indoor and outdoor plants, even recommended for orchids and citrus. This substrate contains zeolite, German pumice stone, lava, and a... Read more...

Plantele fac Minuni pentru Purificarea Aerului

Plants Work Wonders for Air Purification

We all want a healthy and clean environment where we and our loved ones can develop harmoniously, both mentally and physically. This environment is very hard to achieve, usually, in... Read more...

Ingrijirea plantelor in Ghivece Inteligente Lechuza

Caring for Plants in Lechuza Smart Pots

Here are some steps to follow when watering plants recently transplanted into Lechuza smart pots: for a period of about 3 months, the plant will be watered normally from above... Read more...

Oferim oare conditii adecvate plantelor pe care le achizitionam?

Do we offer suitable conditions for the plants we purchase?

Do we know the conditions our apartment offers when we buy plants? When deciding to add a new specimen to the collection, do we consider the stationary conditions, or do... Read more...

Yucca - Care Instructions

Yucca is amazing and very easy to care for - representing the perfect combination as a houseplant, having a relatively slow growth, it is drought-tolerant and resistant to pests. Read more...

Epidendrum Radicans Orchid - Features and Care Instructions

Epidendrum radicans is a terrestrial orchid species, popularly called "Rainbow Orchid" or "Fire Star Orchid." A special characteristic of this genus is the tendency to extend its roots along the... Read more...

Gomesa radicans Orchid - Features and Care Instructions

A botanical species belonging to the subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Cymbidieae, subtribe Oncidiinae, Gomesa radicans was described by M.W.CHASE & N.H.WILLIAMS, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 104: 398 (2009) and is also known... Read more...

Barkeria spectabilis Orchid - Features and Care Instructions

A species frequently found in the horticultural trade under the erroneous name Epidendrum Barkeria, probably due to the taxon's previous inclusion in the genus Epidendrum, as well as its similar... Read more...

Gongora Galeata Orchid - Features and Care Instructions

Gongora is a genus of sympodial epiphytic orchids (with branched stems on which axillary buds grow) that are generally found at altitudes between 0 and 1000 meters in humid tropical... Read more...

Dendrobium Aberrans - Features and Care Instructions

Dendrobium aberrans Schltr. 1912 is a small-sized botanical orchid species, atypical in appearance - it has stems that look more like bulbs than "reeds", this fact probably influencing the name... Read more...

Coelogyne Fimbriata - Caracteristici si Instructiuni de Ingrijire

Coelogyne Fimbriata - Features and Care Instructions

Coelogyne Fimbriata is a very popular botanical species, with small-sized flowers, highly variable, leading to confusion among specialists, who initially described the varieties as different species until modern DNA analysis... Read more...

Calanthe Sedenii Harrisii Orchid - Care Instructions and Characteristics

The Calanthe Sedenii Harrisii orchid is a secondary hybrid, originating from the crossbreeding of the botanical species Calanthe Vestita with the primary hybrid Calanthe Veitchii - itself originating from the... Read more...

Cymbidium Erythraeum - Caracteristici si Instructiuni de Ingrijire

Cymbidium Erythraeum - Features and Care Instructions

Botanical species of the genus Cymbidium, described by John Lindley in 1859, with distribution covering Indian Assam, eastern Himalayas, in Nepal and Bhutan, western Himalayas, in Myanmar, China, and Vietnam.... Read more...

Trichocentrum Ollie Palmer - care guide

Secondary hybrid, obtained by R.H. Palmer and registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009, by crossing two primary hybrids, namely Trichocentrum Maureen and Trichocentrum x haematochilum, both including the... Read more...

Rlc. King of Taiwan - characteristics and care guide

A valuable hybrid awarded by the American Orchid Society, with confusing parent genus affiliation, which initially led to its inclusion in the nothogenus Brassolaeliocattleya, until the later correction by including... Read more...

Dendrobium bigibbum (Dendrobium phalaenopsis) - care guide and characteristics

A species that is the basis of numerous horticultural hybrids and varieties, Dendrobium bigibbum represents, along with Dendrobium nobile, the most popular taxon in the horticultural trade, both as potted... Read more...

Camellia Sinensis, the tea plant - characteristics and care instructions

Camellia Sinensis is an evergreen shrub, used both for decorative purposes and for consumption, its medicinal properties being well known worldwide. The leaves, buds, and fruits are used to prepare... Read more...

Muscate parfumate - antitantari - ghid de ingrijire

Fragrant geraniums - mosquito repellent - care guide

Plants particularly attractive due to the special scent of their leaves and their unique appearance, which can be successfully grown both indoors throughout the year and in gardens or on... Read more...

Specii populare de Hoya (floarea de ceara)

Hoya propagation Hoya can be grown both from seeds and cuttings. The easiest and fastest method is the latter. From the mature plant, cut a branch with 1-3 nodes. Remove... Read more...

Dendrobium Nora Tokunaga - care instructions and characteristics

Dendrobium Nora Tokunaga - A primary hybrid formed from two species both belonging to the Latouria section and endemic to Papua – New Guinea, presents a relatively similar appearance to... Read more...

Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester - care instructions

Rawdon Jester is a hybrid that naturally occurs between the botanical species R. grande and R. williamsianum, but it is sterile, as is the case with most natural hybrids. A... Read more...

Dendrobium Stardust - features and care guide

A complex, epiphytic, multispecific hybrid, created through successive additions of botanical species, Dendrobium stardust has several color varieties, among which the most common in specialty trade are Firebird and Chiyomi,... Read more...

Stanhopea Orchid - characteristics and care guide

The genus Stanhopea, previously also known as Ceratochilus, Stanhopeastrum, Gerlachia, or Tadeastrum, belongs to the Orchidaceae family and was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1829, who named the genus... Read more...

Dinema (Epidendrum) polybulbon - Features and Care Instructions

Epidendrum (Dinema) Polybulbon Lindl. 1826 is a botanical species described by Lindley in 1826, frequently attributed to the genera Epidendrum or Encyclia, relatively recently assigned to the monospecific genus (with... Read more...

Lycaste skinnerii - Features and Care Instructions

Lycaste skinneri, also known as Lycaste virginalis, is an epiphytic species native to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, distributed at altitudes of 1650 meters above sea level. The species... Read more...

Coelogyne Cristata - Caracteristici si Instructiuni de Ingrijire

Coelogyne Cristata - Features and Care Instructions

Coelogyne cristata is one of the most spectacular cool greenhouse orchids, appreciated by collectors for the purity of its flowers and the white "cascade" it forms. It is an... Read more...

Coelogyne Glandulosa - Features and Care Instructions

The generic name, of Greek origin, is formed from Kolos - hollow, empty, and gyne - woman, alluding to the stigma of the flowers, which has a concavity. The specific... Read more...

Akadama - Substratul ideal pentru bonsai

Akadama - The ideal soil for bonsai

A special substrate, particularly appreciated by bonsai enthusiasts, akadama actually represents the contraction of the Japanese phrase aka dama tsuchi (aka = red, dama = ball, sphere, tsuchi = earth),... Read more...

Lycaste Orchid - features and care guide

Named by Lindley in 1843, the Lycaste genus, abbreviated Lyc. in horticulture, probably derives its name from that of a maenad, companion of the god Dionysus, in Greek mythology.. It... Read more...

Dendrobium Roongkamol Vejvarut - care guide and characteristics

A secondary hybrid obtained by the Thai breeder Kirit Vejvarut by crossing the primary hybrid Dendrobium Dawn Maree created and registered by J. Burrows in 1983 (Dendrobium formosum as seed... Read more...

Phalaenopsis gigantea - care and characteristics

Phalaenopsis gigantea is a botanical species native to the Sabah area (Merutai and Tiger Mountain), in northern Borneo, where it is considered a rare and endangered species. It is also... Read more...

Phalaenopsis amboinensis - care and characteristics

Phalaenopsis amboinensis is a botanical species described by J.J. Smith in 1911, native to Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Known synonyms for this species are Phalaenopsis amboinensis... Read more...

Phalaenopsis Mini Mark - characteristics and care guide

A highly renowned multispecific hybrid, for which both experienced collectors and amateurs show special interest, Phalaenopsis Mini Mark, created by Breckingridge in 1992, impresses with small to medium-sized flowers, predominantly... Read more...

Cymbidium HTC: tropical + miniature + fragrant = ideal for growing indoors

Species of the genus Cymbidium perhaps represent the most appreciated flowers in terms of global horticultural trade, mainly due to the high productivity of flower spikes, ease of cultivation, size,... Read more...

Bulbophyllum Orchid - characteristics and care guide

Named by Louis-Marie Aubert Du Petit-Thouars in 1822, and belonging to the tribe Dendrobieae, the Bulbophyllum genus derives its name from ancient Greek, from the words bulbos, meaning bulb, and... Read more...

Cuitlauzina (Osmoglossum) pulchella - Care and characteristics

Botanical species also known as Osmoglossum pulchellum, Odontoglossum pulchellum, Odontoglossum pulchellum var. dormanianum, Osmoglossum pulchellum f. dormanianum, described by Robert Louis Dressler and Norris Hagan Williams in 2003, from the... Read more...

Grammangis ellisii - Care and characteristics

Grammangis ellisii is an African botanical species, endemic (grows only) in northern and eastern Madagascar, where it populates humid forest areas from sea level up to altitudes of 1300 m,... Read more...

Phalaenopsis speciosa - care and characteristics

Botanical species occurring on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in Borneo, where it inhabits low altitude areas, between 0 and 100 m, Phalaenopsis speciosa is also known under the following... Read more...

Phalaenopsis tetraspis - Care and characteristics

Endemic botanical species in Sumatra, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in humid and warm forests from sea level up to 100 m altitude, Phalaenopsis tetraspis was described by Heinrich Gustav... Read more...

Phalaenopsis lowii - care and characteristics

A botanical species of the genus Phalaenopsis, it was discovered by Reverend C.S. Parish during his travels in Myanmar, specifically in the area of the city of Moulmein. Later, it... Read more...

Lycaste - The winter rest of the species and hybrids

A genus named in memory of the daughter of King Priam of Troy, Lycaste includes species attractive for the horticultural trade, with high preferences for increased air humidity and moderate... Read more...

Chiloschista pusilla - Care and characteristics

Botanical species of the genus Chiloschista, was described by the German botanist and orchidologist Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872 - 1925) in 1919. The accepted synonyms for this species are... Read more...

Cymbidium ensifolium - Care and characteristics

Botanical species considered as the "Chinese cymbidium," alongside Cymbidium sinense and Cymbidium kanran makino, Cymbidium ensifolium stands out for its compact habit, smaller size compared to other Cymbidium species, fragrant,... Read more...

Catasetums - The winter rest of the species and hybrids

The subtribe Catasetinae includes species of the genera Catasetum, Cycnoches, Clowesia, Mormodes and their intergeneric hybrids, being perhaps the most famous examples of winter dormancy in the orchid growing world.... Read more...

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