{"id":9063,"date":"2011-07-09T15:58:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T23:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=9063"},"modified":"2011-11-05T21:58:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T05:58:44","slug":"sarcochilus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/09\/sarcochilus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarcochilus"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you think that orchids are all delicate and fragile, here’s a hardy Australian mini that will surprise you. This Sarcochilus is one tough species, related to Phals<\/a> and Vandas<\/a>. In the wild, it grows as a lithophyte, or rock plant<\/a>. Its roots attach to cliff faces in eastern Australia, and they hold on despite strong ocean winds. It can handle a wide range of temperatures<\/a>, and can even survive light freezes.<\/p>\n

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I’ve had this plant for 6 years, and it’s been a reliable annual bloomer. A nasty hailstorm<\/a> damaged it last winter, but it flowered on schedule anyway. The arching sprays of sparkling white blooms can last 2 or 3 months. They may show wear-and-tear from rain, wind, heat waves, or pests<\/a>, but the flowers persist. This one grows outdoors on my back deck all year, where it receives bright light<\/a> with some direct sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Even though they’re lithophytes, they grow well potted in bark<\/a>. Sarcochilus like regular water<\/a> and fertilizer<\/a>. Their leaves and roots are susceptible to damage from the slug and snail killer metaldehyde<\/a>. However, snail baits with iron phosphate<\/a> are safe for them.<\/p>\n

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If you think that orchids are all delicate and fragile, here’s a hardy Australian mini that will surprise you. This Sarcochilus is one tough species, related to Phals and Vandas. In the wild, it grows as a lithophyte, or rock plant. Its roots attach to cliff faces in eastern Australia, and they hold on despite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,19,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-growing","category-mini-orchids","category-photos","category-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9063"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10306,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9063\/revisions\/10306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}