12/18/2023 0 Comments Submerged orchids![]() ![]() Plants are better protected in boxes or cartons than loose in the car. Pack plants carefully when transporting them home from a nursery or show, to and from judging and orchid society meetings. A weekly fungicide spray during the recovery period helps ensure no opportunistic infections reoccur. The fresh cut should then be covered with a fungicide paste (see Treating Wounds). This should always be done with a hot, sterile cutting tool in order to cauterize the healthy tissue as the cut is made. The compromised tissues must be cut away, and with them a portion of the healthy plant material in order to stop the spread of the rot. ![]() Common examples of this would include a raggedly torn leaf or an area infected by fungus or bacteria. If a plant part has become damaged or diseased, sometimes the affected portion must be removed in order to save the rest of the orchid. Not only does overcrowding provide fertile grounds for the spread of pests and diseases, but it also increases the likelihood that plants will be knocked over or on top of one another, suffering and sometimes inflicting injuries. Do not allow plants to become crowded in the growing area - a cluttered growing space is asking for trouble. A basic but often-overlooked aspect of successful cultivation of any orchid collection is a healthy growing area that allows the grower free movement through the plants and ease of watering, fertilizing and pest control. Orchid growers are an acquisitive lot, and collecting orchids has often been compared to eating potato chips - the similarity being that in either case it is difficult to stop at just a few. Most growers have at some point dropped or knocked over a prized plant, marring its formerly perfect foliage, or snapping off that long-awaited inflorescence or new growth. Mechanical damage can scar an orchid for life. In the meantime, the plant will bear the marks of its mishap, which can reduce not only its aesthetic appeal, but its scoring potential – mechanical damage can negatively impact the judges’ scoring of the plant or even preclude it from award consideration altogether at AOS judging. Eventually the impacted area may be removed during repotting and division once sufficient new growth has occurred. The harm that occurs during these accidents is permanent a healthy plant will heal around it, but the affected tissue will remain scarred from its accident. In addition to the loss of the investment of time, patience, energy and care in the orchid’s growth, the point of injury to the remaining plant tissue has become a weak spot through which virus, fungi and bacteria can enter and further damage the orchid. The causes are often related to improper handling, from transporting orchids unprotected to accidental damage inflicted during repotting and even overcrowded growing conditions. The reception flowers featured various tall clear glass cylinders of different heights with hand-tied bouquets of lush white flowers, intermixed with floating candles and submerged tulips, roses and orchids.The bumps, scrapes, cuts and bruises to your orchid’s roots, pseudobulbs, leaves and flowers when mishaps occur - can result in anything from minor scarring and deformities to floral and plant tissues all the way to stunted growth from injured roots that cannot absorb water and nutrients sufficiently. At the altar stood 4 foot plexiglass pedestals with large arrangements of white roses and phalaenopsis orchids. The bride and groom walked down a custom curved aisle lined with multiple glass cylinders filled with sea glass, submerged flowers and floating candles. The couple exchanged vows on the bluff overlooking the ocean where hundreds of white florals filled the sky over the seating area for a visually stunning ceremony site. ![]() Classic elegance at the Ritz Carlton Monarch Beach with over-the-top white and green wedding. ![]()
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