Your Guide to House Plants and Indoor Plant Care...
Our goal is to help you learn more about house plants care, avoid mistakes, introduce new plant varieties and help you enjoy plants indoors and outside more. We'll also share the benefits of indoor plants along the way like their ability to clean the air.
One of the biggest problems homeowners face with house plants is pest. Controlling pest on houseplants can be easy, safe and all natural. Mealy bugs, spider mites and other plant bugs hate all-natural neem oil. We like the fact that it is also used for medicinal purposes. Face it homeowners have few safe choices but we like Neem.
Vanda coerule - The Blue Orchid
Vanda is considered to be one of the most beautiful orchids around the world. It is grown for its wonderful foliage and beautiful flowers that are rich in color. If you are a keen observer, you will notice that its stem interestingly strives toward sunlight. The stems can tackle the heat of the sun but the beautiful green foliage usually gets burned without utmost care and attention. Vanda flowers show in various colors. The one shown here is the Vanda coerule or the Blue Orchid. This species has large bluish-lavender flowers that appear very blue when observed under direct sunlight. Nowadays, the Blue Orchid is considered to be an endangered species due to over-collecting.
Vandas can grow to about 4 feet tall, just in case you intend to have a tall plant. They can also grow as a hanging plant with their roots dangling down elegantly giving a stunning effect to your garden. The keys to having beautiful orchid Vanda are proper care and attention as well as sufficient humidity and light.
Neem Oil Safe for Humans
Products made from Neem Oil have been used and consumed by humans for years in the production of soaps and oils along with medication. The exposure to neem in the process of treating plants with neem oil poses Read the story »
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