Orchids Top Ten

Top Ten Orchids Articles

Here are the top ten articles for the Orchids Site! These rankings are live and get reset at the beginning of each month, so check back often to see what your fellow visitors are most interested in!

1. The Missing Scent Of Orchids Flowers

Orchids are known for their amazing floral fragrances, but some times the flowers stops producing these scents. This article searches for the possible reasons why these flowers stops production of their signature scents.

2. Orchid Growing Tips

Here are some orchid growing tips from experienced growers. Little ideas that make a big difference in taking care of your plants!

3. Fertilizing With Milk

Using milk as a fertilizer for orchids, let's check whether milk is any good or is it just a new fad.

4. Making Cocopeat From Coconut Husk

An article about a cost-effective method of making cocopeat.

5. Using Water Beads For Growing Orchids

The tiny water beads are capable of storing amazing amounts of water. Can these be used for growing orchids? How and what are the advantages of water beads? To know more on this, please read on.

6. Pollinating The Orchid Flowers

Pollination in orchid flowers occurs by natural pollinators or manually. Check out 'how to' of both types of pollination.

7. How to Extract Fragrance from Orchid Flowers

Orchids produce some very wonderful scents. Learn how to remove these scents from the orchids flowers to make your home more fragrant.

8. Using Orchids as Medicine

Orchids have been used as a cure for number of ailments by local people and tribals. Checked out how you can also use your orchids as a medicine.

9. Mounting your orchids

Mounting nearly replicates the natural environment, try it for your epiphytic orchids .... and also for other orchids.

10. Wild Orchids vs Hybrids

Many of the once abundant orchids are now listed in the IUCN red list of endangered plants. Here is why we should grow hybrid orchids instead of the natural wild varieties.

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