Organic plant shade!

Thanks to nature! :)

Last weekend went back again to my hometown. Saw some of my Lycopodium squarrosum changed to yellowish in color.. Oh! They exposed to much sunlight even placed them under my plant shade. I used the wrong plant net for them.

At last, for the fast solution, the coconut's leaves is my choice. Got this idea when saw some of the coconut's leaves give extra shade to my orchids.

Nah..now I having an ORGANIC SHADE!

F.O.C and easy!

Eh Eh 'pink'ku akan berbunga lagi!

Wah, I tot' Dendrobium similae 'pink' ni akan berbunga hanya sekali saja setahun...tetapi di TBV tidak! Selepas ia berbunga sebanyak 5 kuntum pada bulan Mac yang lepas..kini nampaknya ia akan berbunga lagi!

Dendrobium similiae 'pink' kini menjadi buruan pengumpul orkid. Pokok yang aku ada ni pun telah ada 3 orang beratur hendakkan 'cutting'nya. Termasuk tuan punya nurseri yang paling otai di Malaysia ni.

Tunggu ya, hujung minggu ni aku balik ke TBV lagi..harap dapat 'share' yang 'full bloom' punya.

Lycopodium nummularifolium

Hi Friends..

Especially to all fern lovers, here I share with you my collection of Lycopodium nummularifolium. In Pahang state, an aborigins called this fern allies as 'Sisik Naga'.

From observation, my collection consist 2 varieties of L.nummularifolium.....classified them as 'soft stem' and 'hard stem'.

Currently, I'm having 10 pots 'soft stem' L.nummularifolium and a pot the 'hard stem'. And..so sorry, they're not for sale. In period of propogating them until 100 pots especially the 'hard stem' type.

Growing tip:

• 50% shade
• organic fertilizer is the best.
• media - 100% Sphagnum moss.
• propogation same as other Lyco.

You can read my article on others Lyco here, here, here and here.

Lycopodium dalhousianum

Friends,

Here the rare exotic fern allies from Malaysia! Known as Lycopodium dalhousianum. Also popular as Blue Fern. For local people in Pahang state ( 1 of Malaysia state ), they called it Ekor Kuda ( Horse tail ).

This lyco can reach 4 meters long. I propogate my L. dalhousianum through stem cutting and clump division. If you grow it through stem cutting, need to wait about 5 to 6 months to see the keiki. And yes, stem cutting technique take a long time but it will give you more plants in a period of time. Refer to my graphic article about this technique here.

Clump division easier than stem cutting. But, you need to sacrifice your big beauty clump into a several small clumps. Every division should have minimum 2 stems to guarantee your success.

For media, I used only 100% Sphagnum moss to grow all of my lycos. At the surface of the media I grow a living moss for nature look.

I feed my lycos with seaweed based fertilizer. Also another organic fertilizers. Becareful if you feed them with chemical fertilizer, never overdose! Or it will burn your plant root.

L.dalhousianum need 50% sunlight to grow well and will give you healthy leaves. Usually silverish green color.

Currently, I have 10 pots of L.dalhousianum. I wish to multiply my 'Horse tail' until 100 pots. End of this year, if no problem with disease infection to my stem cutting, I'm sure will have about another 20 pots of L.dalhousianum. And, all of them is NOT FOR SALE. That's why the TBV: Private Conservation Centre built for.

TBV : Dulu dan sekarang

Jom kawan-kawan kita lihat perubahan TBV : Private Conservation Centre.

Ia bermula hanya dengan 4 tiang! Keluasan bersaiz 10 kaki x 8 kaki sahaja. Sedikit demi sedikit, aku 'develop' gunakan duit gaji aku le..simpan sikit sikit..

Tengok le pokok orkid yang kat sebelah ni..hanya Grammatophyllum scriptum je 'landing' kat bawah..kat atas plak ada le sikit Cymbidium bicolor yang aku kait daripada pokok kelapa sawit di tepi jalan nak masuk ke kampung aku, kalau korang perasan ada gak la Coelogyne rochussenii tergantung.

Masa dalam 'stage' ni, orkid-orkid koleksi aku masih banyak berada di Klang. Ingat dah siap baru nak angkut le ke TBV ni. Tengok le gambar sebelah ni, perasan tak tiang dah naik lagi 2 batang, 'so area' dah tambah jadi 20 kaki x 8 kaki le.


Haaaa..ni plak yang terkini setelah hampir setahun aku fokus pada TBV ni. Orkid orkid aku dari Klang dah mula dipindah masuk ke sini. Foto sebelah ialah deretan orkid daripada famili Cattleya. Aku dah mula kumpul orkid jenis ni lepas banyak berbunga bila berada di TBV ni. Mungkin perubahan suhu siang-malam yang tinggi berbanding dengan di Klang.

Ni plak, seksyen Cymbidium dan Dendrobium. Aku suka Dendrobium jenis 'pendulous'. Cumbidium yang berada dalam koleksi aku sekarang ialah Cymbidium bornense, Cymbidium bicolor, Cymbidium atropurpureum, Cymbidium dayanum dan Cymbidium aloifolium..Apa? Korang tanya kenapa tak dak Cymbidium finlaysonianum... Ada la, tapi kena tambah sikit kat hujung tu 'var flava' ..he he he. Yang biasa aku tak dak nafsu nak simpan lagi..sebab gerenti senang dapat punya lah

Ni plak 4 'clump' Coelogyne rochusseni. Aku pun dah mula kumpul orkid daripada famili ni.. ye le, 'since' kawasan di TBV masih luas lagi, boleh 'main' dengan banyak jenis orkid. Orkid aku di Klang masih banyak lagi..rasanya ada lagi dalam 300 pokok yang nak di bawa masuk ke TBV. Slow slow la angkut. Guna WIRA je!

Di sini aku 'quote' beberapa komen daripada kawan-kawan forum di CARI berserta dengan komen daripada aku.

• Paradox11 : nampak sungguh teratur ur orchid house, tak mcm saya punya, sini ikat tali wayar tepon, sana wayar kipas rosak, sini kayu belian, sana paip besi...
• (tangansejuk : tuan, dah banyak kali ubah 'arrangement' tu, tapi masih tak puas hati lagi ni, rasanya bakal berubah lagi la )

• haniman : Wah sarat betul rumah orkid sifu.
• (tangansejuk : kak, TBV buat masa sekarang ada dalam 300 pokok orkid)

• alifinara : Kat kampung ke nih?
• (tangansejuk : kat TBV)

• har123 : amboi Sepol...hebatnya..bila nak bawa kita-kita gi melawat situ?
• (tangansejuk : kak, jemputla datang melawat, entry FOC je )

• harris : saya pun teringin nak melawat, don't worry gunting saya bawak sendiri. segan nak menyusahkan tuan rumah tak tahan tengok clump coel rochus bila la saya punya nak jadik besar tu...
• (tangansejuk : GUNTING DIHARAMKAN! he he he he)