Where to find???

[kentosaurs]

Hey everyone.....Is there anywhere in Kuala Lumpur or Sg.Buloh etc etc which sells easy to grow orchids for a good price??? Im scared i get cheated for my money.....The orchids i'm looking for are dendrobium and vandaceous type...This 2 are easy to grow right? If you know anywhere tell me

If got tips on how to grow even better

[allenphoon]

ya, both of them are quite tough and forgiving, i got some dendrobium at home, if you come perak, i can give you one FOC, haha

[kentosaurs]

lol.....

[sooxiwei]

lol, want me to be the middle man, haha, i live in selangor yet go to perak quite often

[paphioboy]

Mini dendrobiums are cute and very cheap. 3 for Rm10 where I live... :P If you want, I can get some and send to you, but you have to wait till I get back in November... Easy vandaceous types are Mokara (some are aggressive flowering machines, never without flowers) and Aranda, but they need a considerable amount of sun. Do not make the mistake of buying strap-leaved vandas, as they are slow growers, bloom infrequently and generally difficult to care for. These usually are sold in empty plastic baskets with the roots dangling out..

[kentosaurs]

Maybe might wanna get some from you paphioboy, and i can wait but can't confirm yet. How do you pot an orchid when all of its roots are dangling everywhere?

[paphioboy]

Ken, orchid roots are meant to dangle everywhere.. You can't confine them.. Especially vandas.. Hence, just leave them be. For mini dends, I find they grow much better on wooden mounts. They're potted in cocohusk at the time of purchase. I just remove the entire root ball and tie them on a piece of wood (softwood, hardwood, mangrove, tree branch, doesn't matter... ) with raffia string or fishing line.. Have to tie them firmly so that they won't wobble. Otherwise, they won't root..

[weeps]

You can try visit United Malaysian Orchids Rawang or Orchid garden in KL.

[weeps]

Mini dendrobium is easy to grow, if you come Puchong I can give you F.O.C..

[allenphoon]

haha, me too, but i did not bother about the roots that come out from orchid, i just let them to be on their own, some will just follow the bark and hanging there, look artistic to me, haha