All About Plants

What do you know about this beauty? There's a huge fuss and fright when it comes to growing orchids, since these plants are highly sensitive and requires attention. However, with a little extra care, these beauties flourish.This is one of my outdoor grown orchid. It's at a location where it obtains the morning sun and shade from the noon scorching rays. It's watered once preferably not at night. Most of my orchids are grown in clay pots with proper drainage and peat moss. Also coconut fibers or tree barks can be used. How do you grow your orchids?

How many of you know the name and origin of this beautiful plant? Well if you haven't, it's called the Cattleya lobata , commonly known as the Lobed Sophronitis , which is a species of  orchid   endemic  to Brazil.