Growing Orchids

[dannyboy602]

I'll bring the weed. I got Pineapple Express smelling oh so sweet right now
and someone needs to make edibles..lol

...edit..and i'll try some shrooms..first time..yeah man

 

[PIPBoy2000]

I knew about the mycellium largest organism thing, but I think that one Redwood from Planet Earth is the largest organism.

I've got the guitar/kumbaya.

 

[Rottedroots]

I don't get it pip but that is a very common occurrence. So what's bigger a redwood or a mycelliem (sp) or is it that shrooms are not plants or are they? PINEAPPLE EXPRESS!! Sounds really cool danny but it is just another one of those good weeds I haven't tried. I HAVE a big bag of commercial weed with enough seeds in it that we could toast them for a crunchy topping to our spring green salad. Its been a long time since i had a good weed or hash brownie. I bet like the rest of the industry the edible market has blossomed as well. What can you buy as far as edibles go these days?? Seriously?? That's all we need is a mess of "special" shrooms. Kombaya pip? You don't sound old enough and I envisioned you as more of a 99 bottles of beer on the wall kind of guy. Rock on budski's!

 

[smokey de bear]

Ill bring smores and some third dimension smoke along, and as for mushrooms in my eyes They are the first true social networking site only amongst plants, F@%K Facebook! Without them in the wild many many plants would die, they share a very symbiotic relationship with many of the vegetation, transferring nutrients from one location to the other to share the nutrients with all the plants. If you ever get the chance to check out a site that a forest fire has been through some of the first things to grow back is webs of fungus and mycelium, the next things to grow are blueberries and lots of em!! We pick old burns for really good phat blueberries.

I used to grow mushrooms in mason jars, on some rye kernels, the hardest part about em is starting them so they don't get contaminated i learn't the hard way just how much sanitization is needed. Way more then cloning or grafting that's for sure, i got green mold in all but one of my inoculated jars and the last one I got about 2 grams dry and yeah didn't try it again because of where we lived wasn't the easiest place to keep sanitized. I now would like to try my hand at it again but this time do it right from the beginning and i could use the gear for orchid babies too !! they both use similar methods to propagate.

 

[mellokitty]

i went to the favourite nursery today...... it always baffles me that they don't charge to get into this place:

 

[mellokitty]

ginormous koi area out back:

 

[mountaingarden]

i went to the favourite nursery today...... it always baffles me that they don't charge to get into this place:

Oh Mello! Is that anywhere near Richmond???? Coming to BC Wednesday next with another master gardener. We were thinking of the Botanical Gardens as a nice hit of tropics, but this looks sensational! Wonder if I could get them through the Agriculture crossing?

 

[dannyboy602]

those were a treat. thanks kitty

 

[mellokitty]

 

[Rottedroots]

Kitty That's a fine picture. Interesting, I find it somewhat erotic. TY

 

[mellokitty]

ok good i'm not the only one
pervy orchid enthusiasts we.
"it's got testes and lace..... mmmmmhmmmmm......"

 

[dannyboy602]

Kitty That's a fine picture. Interesting, I find it somewhat erotic. TY

yeah it must be the black lace. i've never gotten a rise from a phalaenopsis.


edit: ok, but just once

 

[mellokitty]

yeah it must be the black lace. i've never gotten a rise from a phalaenopsis.


edit: ok, but just once

that's because you're a BOY. seeing a whole bunch of them together is an ovary-flapping experience.


what does it about this one is the single dimple in the top petal - it's so adorable i can't stand it.

 

[mellokitty]

orchid question: we all know how they require a certain amount of human intervention to be the proud container flowers that they are - for instance, i've yet to find an orchid for purchase that didn't already have a stake in it; a practise so common/necessary that there are specialised "orchid clips." which causes me to wonder..... what happens in nature? are they a standing plant or more of a trelliser?

which gives rise to another question: is it that they're naturally top-heavy, or is it like cannabis, where, over hundreds of years of human cultivation and selective breeding, have become unable to naturally hold up their own flowers?

 

[Nepaljam x Oaxaca]

I threw out a piece of advice and brought orchids into the mainstream on RUI. It makes me pretty proud to know that orchids still have a place in the world of cannabis. I try to keep them growing alongside my plants. They get along so well.

 

[dannyboy602]

orchid question: we all know how they require a certain amount of human intervention to be the proud container flowers that they are - for instance, i've yet to find an orchid for purchase that didn't already have a stake in it; a practise so common/necessary that there are specialised "orchid clips." which causes me to wonder..... what happens in nature? are they a standing plant or more of a trelliser?

which gives rise to another question: is it that they're naturally top-heavy, or is it like cannabis, where, over hundreds of years of human cultivation and selective breeding, have become unable to naturally hold up their own flowers?

they are epiphytes. they hang on tree branckes, like spanish moss, or grow in spaces between rocks. anywhere they can have access to i bit of decompossing organic matter and moisture from the air and plenty of O2. i dont think their spikes are capable of supporting all that weight either. they are generally hanging down and i think they look best that way. but i'm an orchid snob and thats just my biased opinion

 

[mellokitty]

they are epiphytes. they hang on tree branckes, like spanish moss, or grow in spaces between rocks. anywhere they can have access to i bit of decompossing organic matter and moisture from the air and plenty of O2. i dont think their spikes are capable of supporting all that weight either. they are generally hanging down and i think they look best that way. but i'm an orchid snob and thats just my biased opinion

like bromeliads? that's cool... i'd love to see some in their natural environment someday. explains that wacky root structure too.
the last 2 days i've logged onto riu have been very botanically educational in a non-cannabis way. yesterday i got a lesson about jade plants. i LIIIIIIKE this section a LOT.

the red cluster between the 2 pitchers above was dangling from a hanging planter and i LOVED it - if i had higher ceilings i'd love to try that with Fay (the new pha.). (i know i know SUCH an imaginative name )

 

[mellokitty]

omfg. variegated blue cymbidium. must have. evil google image.

 

[dannyboy602]

yeah gardening is my fav section too. we are a noticeably reserved and studious group.not a drama queen for miles around.

 

[Rottedroots]

You know danny personally I think the difference between weed growers and gardeners is that gardeners have a better understanding of plants in general. Most weed growers think that marijuana is a very unique plant with very complex needs. Gardeners however recognize that weed is just one of the 100's of plants we grow around the house. It does not require hundreds of dollars In specialized fertilizers and such the industry has convinced people it does. Give me a bag of organic 10/10/10 and some good compost and I can grow most anything. (Orchids excluded) GARDENERS UNDERSTAND PLANTS AND THEIR NEEDS!!!