Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Here are some of the sunroom orchids. I don't do much to take care of them. Once in a while I repot in some arborist woodchips. Once ...

Cymbidium hybrid Oncidium hybrid Some of the orchids are blooming nicely.  This is a great thing to have on the gloomy winter days....

Cymbidium hybrid Plant window in home office.  Cymbidium, Dendrobiums, and Oncidium. Sanseveria and twinkle Oncidium orchids C...

Orchid started blooming. Oncidium hybrid.

This was albeled "Brown Oncidium". I had it in my window at work for the past 2 years. It was fed with "Shulz's Housepl...

I can't take much credit for this Phalaenopsis - it was in bud when I bought it. This keeps blooming and blooming and blooming. The l...

I bought this as a throw-away last year. After it bloomed I thought, why not keep it. I repotted, and moved it to my workplace window. Af...

Cymbidiums (cymbidia?) are growing nicely in full sun now. Currently feeding with 30:10:10 and occasional Epson salts, both at about 1/2 te...

This is an Oncidium "Gower Ramsey" that I started from a backbulb in 2009 . Neither it nor its parent has bloomed since then. Bu...

So often, it's difficult to find a photo or reference telling us "what is this growth on my orchid" or giving us an idea of ...

This spot is full sun for most of the day, except late afternoon. I had gradually adapted these orchids to full sun, but taking them out fo...

James Bateman was a landowner and horticulturalist, lived 1811-1897. He created the famous gardens at Biddulph with the aid of his friend an...

The 3 little plants in front of the larger one, are starts from backbulbs taken last summer. I used the "sphag & bag" techniq...

These old lithographs are genuine treasures. They were published at a time when growing orchids was a hobby for the wealthy, who could grow ...