Orchid Cymbidium Bicolor

Hi Shantha,

these are some lovely pictures of Orchids that you have. I’m a newbie and ‘ve just got addicted to Orchids. I’m having difficulty finding resources for orchids in Bangalore. I was wondering if you would be able to help me out and share your experience and info with me.

Thanks
Satish

Hi Satish,

Thanks for the comments. I have been collecting orchids from Srinagar in Uttaranchal and Western Ghats for the past 15 to 16 years. I also buy Orchids at Lal Bagh, Indo American Hybrid seeds nursery at Banashankari and stalls sets up in Lal Bagh during flower shows. Please feel free to write in queries regarding growing Orchids, I will try to answer to the best of my ability.

Hi Shantha,

Thanks for responding back. Can you please send an email to my personal mailid: satish@dacafe.com? I ‘ll ask more detailed questions to you, as I do not want to clutter up the blog space.

Thanks
Satish..

Hi Shantha< wonderful and mind bogging!! I am also collecting orchinds for over 10 yrs.would like to know more about ordhids. i have a few phalanopsis and denrobiums , cattelya etc. where are u put up?

hi Shantha, thanx for the prompt reply. pl help me with my cimbidium! i have it over for 10 yrs now – and it refuses to flower. what do i do with it? also i cant wait to have peek reg growing orchids in yr gardeneing section///

Hi Shantha I m so lucky to find u, I live in B’lore and recently got few phal orchid’s small sedlings frm Lalbagh Flowershow. They where mounted in small plastic pots. After 2 weeks roots stated rotting. I dug up the whole pot to find out that the all material specialy the coconut husk hav decomposed leaving no space for the roots to beath air(meanwhile I had found out frm google that orchid roots shud get anough root, NO stagnant water) Now i have put them back with freshcharcoal and brick pieces, but I m nt getting any bark piece… Read more »

HI Shantha , thanks for ur suggession, yes coconut shell is readily available. Btw 3 out of my 5 seedlings hav lost the bottom most leaf, which turnd yellow and came off, but I cud c sign of new roots emarging frm there. Now the the sedinglings r left with only 3 leaves, is it the reason that I have put them only in charcoal and brickpieces? Is there any way that I can send u snaps of my baby orchid so that u can c them and tell me how r they looking?

Thanks again

rupa

Thanks Shantha..!

Hi Shantha,

Awesome site. I am also into orchids (newbie) and would like to learn more about them. I was on a trip to Shimoga and picked up some wild orchids from the trees. Would like your help in identifying them and growing them too. Can you share ur contacts? Please mail me at my email.

PS: I am from Bangalore
Murali

Hi Shantha,
Thanks for your reply…Yes, it was in the Theerthahalli belt, I was staying there over the weekend. Visited the Jog Falls, Kodachadri and Shringeri. Awesome places, especially Kodachadri. And loads of spots to visit…I would also like to expand my collection. Let me know how I could do this…
Murali

Thanks, Shantha. Can you refer anyone @ Indam whom I could speak with?

Regards
Murali

hello
i am ankit and want to grow orchid in gujrat in junagadh district in the protected area i.e green house and normally the climatic conditon over here is humid and the temperature is around 20-37 degree celcious. so please suggest me which type of variety should i grow? and in how many monthes it will start flowering if i will use vegetative propogation.

Hi Shantha,
I was delighted to stumble onto this web site. It is nice to have someone with more than a decade of experience with orchid cultivation based in Bangalore. I am a newbee bitten by the orchid bug.
I just had a question about dendrobiums. I picked up some dendrobiums from thailand recently and noticed that they are planted in coconut shells. the coconut medium has rotted and the roots are deeply embedded in the very wet coconut shells. what can i do to save the plant?
Any insights would be much appreciated.
regards,
Swathi

Hi Shantha,
Thanks for your prompt advice. I tried out what you said except used coal, coconut husk chips and brick pieces as i don’t have bark. The roots were winding their way deep into the big (6inch) coconut husk and the roots were white and squishy. I might have lost some roots. Hoping the plant will recover.
thanks a ton.
regards,
Swathi

Hi all

I am sreejith sreedharan from kerala, we have nice climate here to grow orchid plants and i have a small scale plantations here. I grow orchids for cutflower, but its very hard to find cut flower buyers here. Do anybody know any buyers there at banglore, if so please give me the details. My mail id: sreejith.mator@gmail.com
mob: 09995434897

Hi, Iam growing few orchids in chennai. it refuses to bloom, I use charcoal and few bricks as media. I dont water to much and have pots with holes. Water only after 10 days or 15 days. What is the fertilizer i need to use. i have orchid boon , but have not used it yet. Any suggestions pls. Also one of my orchid has got only a stem without any roots as i have cut the rotten root. Is there any way i can make this to grow with coconuk chips or any other media so that it can… Read more »

hi,
i have bought 5 dendrobium orchids (small plants) from kerela from a farm, leaves of these plants have fallen off leaving only the stem roots are green i am not getting new shoots please help me. i am using fertilizer once a week NPK15:5:5. mixed in water. how long will it take to grow and flower and get shoots

i am from chennai and its raining season now.

Hello Shantha,

Could you share your email and contact number. Would like to talk to you on orchids.

Regards,
Rejin

Hi, Shantha,
Am glad to have bumped into you. You are resourceful.any other place other than Indo American I can buy Orchids??