Brandal-Fetters Farm & Flora

I am very excited. My Coryanthes Misasii has arrived. It is very hard to find information on this species of orchid, but it is very cool. This orchid has a unique way to get pollinated. It fills this "bucket" with fragrant syrup, an orchid bee falls in, and has only one way to get out. It crawls through a small tunnel where the orchid places the pollen sack on the bees back. Very interesting. From a distance they look like flying butterflies. Some look a little naughty up close, but hey, they are just flowers. The care for this orchid seems like it would want to placed in spaghnum moss. Usually these orchids drop their flowers downwards, so they should be potted in a basket. The misasii has an erect flower spike, so thankfully, I'm okay there. It is a heavy feeder and i'm assuming with the way it uses liquid, it is a heavy drinker.  I will keep you guys updated, but mine has a new growth. here's to finding out a new orchid. Good news, the pseduobulb

Sorry for the last few days. I have been completing a lot of yard work, finishing projets around the house, and putting up an above ground pool. Hopefully, that will make the hot, humid Ohio summers much more bearable. I have been doing a lot of youtube watching, and I stumbled upon the catasetum orchids. They are unique because they have a platform for the pollinator to land on them, they trigger some hairs on the orchid, and boom, it shoots out a sticky pollen wad to the back of the pollinator. Pretty cool if you ask me. I'm more intrigues by the smell. I love fragrant orchids. I'm only not too keen on the bulbophyllum orchids because some of them are known to smell like fish and rutting entrails, so that is a turn-off for me. I ordered three more orchids. I know, I have too many as it is, but at least plants is a better hobby than doing drugs. am I right? I placed an order for Monnierara Millenium Witchcraft Magic, Taiwan Magic Gold, and Cycnodes Wine Delight. I am very e

People always love seeing their branches filled with fruit, but we have to thin our fruit. There are many reasons to thing but the 2 most important are tree health and fruit size/quality. Plums are a good example of over-producing trees.Our burbank plum had hundreds of clusters with 8-12 fruits. When we look at the overall health of the tree, I notice twig blight, leaf curl, and an overall pale color to the tree.  FRUIT TREES WILL PRODUCE THEMSELVES TO DEATH...... Yes, the overproduction of little fruits robs the trees of nutrition. Now, prunus fruits will have a "June Drop" where they drop the overproduction but by now, the tree has wasted its resources. Heres what we started with .... and ideally this is closer to what we want Even then, I could thin these a little more aggressively. This allows the fruit to get large and to develop nice flavor.