House plants

Given the opportunity, I always pick sweet potato fries over regular french fries. I can’t resist them roasted or mashed as well. Sweet potatoes are not only tasty, but they…

Succulents are beautiful, diverse and increasingly popular houseplants and garden specimens, amongst new gardeners and avid collectors alike. When potted, succulents can be grown individually, or in groups for either…

Don’t throw out that old orchid, after the flowers are gone. Phalaenopsis orchids can make new branches from their flower stems / spikes and re-bloom in a short space of…

I’ve been living in Shanghai for a few months and of course I have missed gardening. I’ve collected several orchids, succulents and other ornamental houseplants like anthuriums. Above: My highly…

Do you live in an apartment in a cold place, and love plants? This post is for you. If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I am…

I started my new orchid collection in China almost two months ago. I visited a flower market attached to Fushan Lu Fruit & Vegetable market in the Pudong area of…

This has been a wonderful week for my orchids. Although very hot and dry until today’s afternoon shower, I managed to keep all the orchids well fed and watered. Here…

Did you know there is a very special orchid that smells just like chococolate? Let me tell you more about it and show you two of mine. Please LIKE, COMMENT…

I can’t explain exactly how it came to be, but a couple of weeks ago I fell head-first into the orchid hobby. I have always associated orchids with elegant ladies,…

We are currently enjoying a week of humidity, precipitation (a bit of hail and lots of rain) and cool temperatures after last week’s heatwave. On this time last week the…