Little Flower Business - Tropical Orchids

How I started making orchid pots

You will often hear potters talk about how they felt when they first connected with clay, the epiphany, the calling…

Watering orchids is a common how to question. A combination of thick cell walls, succulent leaves; a mechanism called CAM,…

About Tolumnia Tolumnia Jairak Rainbow ‘Pink Crystal’ is a compact orchid with cascading flowers that are white, with a pastel…

Foliar feeding Foliar feeding consists of spraying or pouring fertiliser over a plants’ leaves. This method delivers nutrients via holes…

How much water to give an orchid is a common question. In general orchids are drought tolerant because of a…

What could be more natural than clay and flowers. This beautiful pottery vase with its dark lustre glaze offsets the…

Mixed with Penda leaves, peace lilly flowers and foliage, willy’s gold cordy all in a fluro pink container ready for…

Alpinia zerumbet or shell ginger is now on my list of flowers that lasts well in water. I can’t speak…

Here we discuss growing orchids and their light requirements in this second article in the series. Light requirements for growing…

Part one in a four part series on how to grow orchids, by horticultural journalist Susan Fairbairn