My students gave me some beautiful additions to my indoor garden at our annual piano recital last Sunday:
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ORCHID
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
AFRICAN VIOLET IN HANDCRAFTED POT
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
GERBERA DAISY IN CONTEMPORARY PLANTER
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I've never been great with African violets -- usually the initial blooms dry up and no more flowers ever appear. And I've attempted one orchid in the past which died in about a week. I'd really like to keep this one flourishing, so I've searched out some instructions on orchid care at BeautifulOrchids.com and OrchidCare.com. If you have any helpful tips, please leave a comment!
Beautiful orchids! I have never had one. African Violets do well in a north or east facing window, at least for me.
Posted by: Connie | June 27, 2008 at 06:16 PM
I love the pottery, really brings out the flowers. I have never tried to cultivate an orchid before in an indoor garden, the one in this photo is beautiful.
Posted by: Indoor Garden Enthusiast | August 28, 2008 at 07:10 PM
That's a very nice photo of the orchid - worth framing. Personally I haven't tried to cultivate one either - something else to do next year.
I agree with Indoor gardening Enthusiast, a beautiful photograph.
Posted by: Gardeners Belfast | November 30, 2008 at 08:07 PM
For Orchids make sure you have a good growing media especially for orchids. I use orchid focus grow and bloom for nutrient. For light, I use a small 2' fluorescent with both red spectrum and blue spectrum bulbs. The red spectrum bulbs help with the flowering.
Amy B
amyb@bestgrowlights.com
www.bestgrowlights.com
Posted by: IndoorGardener | September 01, 2009 at 03:34 PM