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[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Beallara and Aliceara

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Beallara and Aliceara

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Spring bulbs (Narcissus papyraceus)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Spring bulbs (Narcissus papyraceus)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Crocus, daffodils, grape hyacinths, hyacinths, and tulips will grace your home at a time when winter has a firm grip on the garden. Their riotous, happy colors in full bloom—red, pink, orange, yellow, blue, deep purple, lavender, and white—are a great tonic for chasing away […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Persian violet (Exacum affine)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Persian violet (Exacum affine)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH When in full bloom Persian violet (Exacum affine) is a knockout. And it is very easy to grow—for a while. But if you acquire one as an impulse purchase, don’t be disappointed when it gives up the ghost despite your best efforts to keep it alive. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Freesia (Freesia corymbosa, Freesia laxa, Freesia refracta)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Freesia (Freesia corymbosa, Freesia laxa, Freesia refracta)

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, […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Florist azalea (Rhododendron)

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. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Cupid’s bow (Achimenes erecta)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Cupid’s bow (Achimenes erecta)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Achimenes erecta with bright red flowers and A. longiflora with big blue flowers are two of the main species used to create the Cupid’s bow hybrids. This is another large group of house- plants with a pronounced dormant period. In winter the whole plant goes […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Maidenhair fern (Adiantum spp.)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Maidenhair fern (Adiantum spp.)

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. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Davallia fern (Davallia canariensis)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Wax plant (Hoya carnosa)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH People have cultivated wax plant (Hoya carnosa) for 200 years. That this semi-succulent subtrop- ical vine so often survives neglect in doctor’s offices and dim parlor corners is testament to its durability. You will be astonished when it trans- forms itself by bursting into fragrant […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Wandering Jew (Tradescantia)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Three different wandering Jews are commonly seen as fast-growing, easy, excellent house- plants, valued for their ability to clean indoor air. All three are in the genus Tradescantia (spider- worts), characterized by three-petaled flowers, and all three need the same cultural conditions. Like the Israelites […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus) is neither Swedish nor an ivy. It comes to us from south- ern Africa and is a lovely, fast-growing evergreen perennial that is very easy to grow as a house- plant. The plant is only 8 to 12 inches high, but […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Split-leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Split-leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Split-leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa) is actually a monstera, a cousin of philodendrons. The genus name is a reference to the mon- strous holes and slits in its foliage. Few house- plants evoke tropical jungles as effectively as this one. When you first acquire one it […]

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