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

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

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Cymbidiums are attractive even when not in flower—something that cannot be said of many orchids. The trouble is, their huge size and need for low temperatures make standard cymbidiums (Cymbidium spp.) challenging as house- plants, and Asian miniature cymbidiums, although tiny, require high temperatures to […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Corsage orchid (Cattleya)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Corsage orchid (Cattleya)

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 […]

[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?: Rieger begonia (Begonia × hiemalis)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Riegers (Begonia ×hiemalis) are a hybrid begonia strain created in 1955 by German plant breeder Otto Rieger, who crossed tuberous begonias (B.×tuberhybrida) and wax begonias (B. cucullata). The 2-inch-wide flowers are often perfect rep- licas, in miniature, of their fabulous parent the tuberous begonia, and […]

[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?: 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?: Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Huge, red, and incredible don’t begin to describe the amazing amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.), a beloved winter holiday gift. The first thing to emerge from your potted bulb will be bright green, strap-shaped leaves. As they elongate, a thick flower stalk begins to grow straight up from […]

[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?: Asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus, Asparagus densiflorus)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Two very different looking houseplants share the common name asparagus fern. Neither is actually a fern, but both Asparagus aethiopicusand A. densiflorus really are asparagus, closely related to the popular vegetable. Both are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant evergreen perennials, with a cascading habit that makes them attractive […]

[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 […]

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