Mastering Horticulture

Science and art expressed through gardening.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Cymbidium: Factors Contributing to Improved Blooming

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The flowers beginning to open. This green cymbidium which I called Cymbidium California 'Sun Acres'  is blooming like crazy right n...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Cloning Echeveria 'Black Prince'

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Echeveria 'Black Prince'   Triangular leaves.  Echeveria 'Black Prince' is a slow and low growing succulen...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Oncidium

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  Fig. 1     Oncidium (Colmanara Wildcat 'Bobcat')  A friend of mine gave me an Oncidium orchid last Christmas. Although th...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Time to Rest

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   White-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia leucophrys ) on boxwood hedge. 'A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feel...
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Suitable or Questionable?

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Wooly Rose ( Echeveria cristata 'Doris Taylor') cannot withstand freezing temperatures. Questionable Plant.   Some of my fr...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

One Reason Not to Over Water Succulents

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Echeveria spp. The leaves crack.  Too much water in the plant tissues result in increased turgor pressure; eventually the pressure breaks th...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Arizona

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Saguaro ( Carnegiea gigantea )   plant against the sunset .  Photo from Wikipedia In the wake of the tragedy that has beset Arizona last Sa...
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Helen Lewis
Born and raised in the Philippines. Attended the University of Reading, England (PhD in Agriculture), University of the Philippines (MS in Horticulture) and Cagayan State University, Philippines (BS in Agriculture). Now residing in California with husband and three children - enjoying a God-dependent life.
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