Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH The commonly cultivated earthstars Cryptan- thus acaulis and C. zonatus are bromeliads grown strictly for their foliage. Their starry, wavy-edged and sharply spiny leaves come in shades of red, rose, pink, green, and brown— even nearly black with silver. The stiff leaves are longitudinally striped […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Dendrobium is one of the largest genera of orchids, with more than 1,600 species and many, many hybrids, offering flowers in every color (except true blue). The growing requirements for so many different orchids are just as various. The specifications given here for growing den- […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Dancing ladies (Oncidium spp.) are among the easiest orchids to grow successfully as house- plants. The plants are as beautiful as the flow- ers, and they can be relied on to repeat bloom so long as you provide them with the condi- tions they need. The […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Corsage orchids acquired their common name during the 1940s and ’50s when Cattleya cor- sages were all the rage among fashionable women of high society. First Lady Mamie Eisen- hower popularized them; she was rarely seen in public without a corsage of one or two […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH The huge and utterly fascinating orchid world contains thousands of fully fertile complex hybrids made between species in different gen- era. Beallaras and alicearas are in the Odon- toglossum/Oncidium alliance. Many of these hybrid genera in this alliance were named after the first orchid breeder […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Freesias are herbaceous perennials from bulb-like corms that have the same growth habit as spring bulbs; they’re in active growth during cool, wet winter/spring weather, and they go dormant in hot, dry summers. The ones treasured as temporary houseplants are all hybrids derived from Freesia corymbosa, F. laxa, […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH A classic Mother’s Day gift, the florist azalea is a hybrid evergreen shrub derived from various Rhododendron species. Unlike deciduous aza- leas, these evergreen types are not hardy and cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. They are grown in greenhouses and forced into bloom as spring holiday gifts. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH People grow and love caladium (Caladium bicolor) for its fantastic foliage. The leaves are large and shaped like an arrowhead, very thin and delicate. The more than a thousand available cultivars offer every imaginable combination of color: flaming red, bright pink, white, and green. The […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Staghorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum) is an interesting, bizarre-looking plant guaran- teed to attract attention and start conversa- tions. And though it is a true fern, it’s not lacy, or delicate, or ferny in any way. In its native tropical rainforests, it is an epiphyte (a plant […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Maidenhair ferns (Adiantum spp.) have a well- deserved reputation for being persnickety, but boy do they deliver in the houseplant categories of “distinctive character” and “strong sculptural quality.” Their demands are simple, but they are also uncompromising. Give them what they want or they’ll die. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum) is quite beau- tiful, with long leaves that resemble mahonias (Oregon grape) or a less prickly holly tree. And it’s easy to grow. It is unusual for such a cold tolerant plant (zones 6 through 10) to succeed as a houseplant. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH What’s not to love about a furry-footed fern? Three davallias are commonly grown as house- plants: deer’s foot fern (Davallia canariensis), rabbit’s foot fern (D. fejeensis), and squirrel’s foot fern (D. trichomanoides). Their softly furry rhi- zomes really do look like little animal feet. The […]