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Make Phalaenopsis Orchid Corsages

If you’re lucky enough to have a lot of orchid blooms when a special occasion rolls around, why not take advantage of their stunning natural beauty and incorporate an orchid, or even a few, into your ensemble? We’ve found a few resources that can...

Plan Your Next Vacation to France and See Wild Orchids

Provence is a region of France that is home to almost thirty species of orchids. While August seems to be the best month to travel, according to WhenUGo.com based on the weather and the prices of hotels and flights, orchid lovers may want to wait...

Orchid Care: When and How to Cut an Orchid Leaf

In the “Care” section of our Just Add Ice Orchids website, you’ll find a section that asks, “Having Trouble?” and it’s there that you’ll find advice on Discolored Orchid Leaves, Orchid Flower or Bud Loss, Orchid Pests and Orchid Diseases. But...

The Final Phalaenopsis Orchid Care Glossary from T to Z

It seems we’ve finally reached the end of our journey through orchid terminology from the American Orchid Society’s glossary. They’ve supplied us with orchid terms for the letters “T” through “V”, which we’ve augmented with some additional links...

Where to Find Photos of Phalaenopsis Orchids with Information

If you’ve ever read about a particular orchid species and wanted to see a photo, you could always type it into a search engine like Yahoo or Google or Bing and then click on the word “images”. But that won’t always tell you much else about the...

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The Orchid Care Glossary from R to S

In case you’re wondering where Q went, there were no entries for it in the American Orchid Society’s glossary, so we skipped it! Though we did find this very extensive orchid glossary with a few Q’s – quadrangular,...

If You Think You Killed Your Orchid

Here is some comfort for those who find they have accidentally killed their orchids from Larry Litwin, a veteran grower:

The Orchid Care Glossary from M to P

Learning orchid terminology involves a refresher on basic biology, so we’ve included links to help you out. Here are letters “M” through “P” from the American Orchid Society’s glossary.