Growing guides

Getting started with Pinguicula (butterworts)

Butterworts are the easiest carnivorous plants to succeed with indoors — provided you understand two things: their mineral mix and their winter rest.

Getting started with Pinguicula (butterworts)

Butterworts are the easiest carnivorous plants to succeed with indoors — provided you understand two things: their mineral mix and their winter rest.

Watering an orchid mounted on cork

A mounted orchid is not watered like one in a pot: it dries out in a few hours. Soaking, misting, frequency, and how to read the roots to know when...

Watering an orchid mounted on cork

A mounted orchid is not watered like one in a pot: it dries out in a few hours. Soaking, misting, frequency, and how to read the roots to know when...

Growing a jewel orchid: the complete guide

Macodes, Ludisia, Anoectochilus: these orchids are grown for their iridescent foliage, not their flowers. Light, humidity, mix and watering — everything you need to get them right.

Growing a jewel orchid: the complete guide

Macodes, Ludisia, Anoectochilus: these orchids are grown for their iridescent foliage, not their flowers. Light, humidity, mix and watering — everything you need to get them right.