
What is aesthetics?
In fact, aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the beauty of nature as well as the artificial.
Nature has granted five senses to man.
Through which a man can perceive the things around him.
The Creator has endowed a man with the ability to like the good and to dislike the bad. This human quality is called aesthetics. That:
- He likes good looks.
- He knows the taste.
- He knows the difference in colors.
- He has the ability to distinguish between natural and artificial beauty.
What is aesthetics?
In fact, aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the beauty of nature as well as the artificial.
Nature has granted five senses to man.
Through which a man can perceive the things around him.
The Creator has endowed a man with the ability to like the good and to dislike the bad. This human quality is called aesthetics. That:
- He likes good looks.
- He knows the taste.
- He knows the difference in colors.
- He has the ability to distinguish between natural and artificial beauty.
Here we are going to discuss the beauty of nature, I mean flowers. Orchids are the most liked flowers that are used to decorate homes, lawns, and offices.
What are the Orchids?
Orchids are the largest genera of flowering plants that are used to decorate homes, offices, walls, and even roofs and shades. Orchids have 30,000 species worldwide with a large number of color varieties. Many are popular for their bright petals and beautiful flowers with strips.
Orchids are the largest genera of flowering plants that are used to decorate homes, offices, walls, and even roofs and shades. Orchids have 30,000 species worldwide with a large number of color varieties. Many are popular for their bright petals and beautiful flowers with strips.
The most exotic sought-after of flowers, orchids are not only grown in hothouses but in their natural state and grow wild in forests in most of the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
Where are they found?
Orchids are found in abundance in the warm regions of North and South America and Hawaii, and in the East, the orchid belt stretches from Sri Lanka to the tropical forests of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, right up to Nepal and the Terai forests in foothills of the Himalayas.
How to grow?
Orchids are easy to grow provided they are given their requirement of warm temperature, filtered light, and high humidity.
Growing Area
They are perennial plants with rhizomes or tuberous roots. A few varieties grow in the ground, but the vast majority grow on tree branches or trunks and have long, aerial, hanging roots which afford them a firm grip not only on trees but sometimes even on brick or mortar.
The orchid family consists of hundreds of genera and thousands of species. There is a wide range in sizes, shapes, and colors, extending from the exotic to the bizarre.
Colors Range:
Their colors range from snowy white to all shades of yellow, brilliant blue, lilac, purple, speckled brown, and flaming red.
Most Popular:
Among the most popular are the showy, large Cattleyas and their hybrids. For cut flower spikes, the Dendrobiums, Cymbidiums, and their hybrids are more suitable with their long flowering spikes.
Some varieties of orchids flower only once a year, some two or three times a year, and others flower on and off for most of the year. The flowers of some are short-lived while others will remain fresh on the branch for two to three months.
Suitable Environment:
In our climate, they are easy to grow and do not require to be grown in hothouses. They need filtered sunlight and are best grown under shady trees or in orchid houses. This can be a simple structure, made of thatched bamboo, or slats of wood to protect orchids from the fierce rays of the mid-day sun. The slats and the spaces between them should be of equal width. It should face east, as all orchids require a certain amount of morning sun to be able to flower. The west side should be completely shut off, either by a wall or bamboo matting.
Orchids do very well on trees:
Orchids do very well on trees, particularly the Mango trees. Other reputed host trees for orchids are Tea, Plumeria, Gliricidia, and citrus fruit trees. The tree should have a rough bark to afford a good grip for the roots. Certain trees such as the Loquat and Guava are unsuitable as they shed their bark and the orchids are dislodged.
Cultivation:
For purposes of cultivation, orchids may be grouped into three classes:
- Terrestrial
- Climbing
- Epiphytic
1. Terrestrial
Terrestrial orchids grow in pots or in the ground like most other plants. The compost should consist of a mixture of good garden loam, well-decayed leaf mold, a little well-rotted cattle manure: a small percentage of charcoal, a sprinkling of bone chips, and some mature coconut husk. The best known and the most commonly grown ground orchid is Spathoglottis Plicata.
ground orchid
Climbing Orchids:
Epiphytic Orchids:
Best Place to Grow
The methods commonly used are:
- Propagation through aerial roots
- By selecting a rhizome adjoining the oldest leafless pseudobulb.