Hexagon Green moving one step ahead. Introducing our new Hexagon Orchids mobile apps. Easiest way to purchase fresh orchids bouquet online. Stay tune with our mobile apps for latest update on our product, tips, orchids clinics, event and many more about orchids. Only available on Google Play. Coming soon we will release to Apple Apps Store.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Order fresh orchids via HexagonOrchids mobile apps. Simple, Fast and Easy.
Order fresh orchids via HexagonOrchids Mobile Apps. Simple and Easy.
Hexagon Green moving one step ahead. Introducing our new Hexagon Orchids mobile apps. Easiest way to purchase fresh orchids bouquet online. Stay tune with our mobile apps for latest update on our product, tips, orchids clinics, event and many more about orchids. Only available on Google Play. Coming soon we will release to Apple Apps Store.
Hexagon Green moving one step ahead. Introducing our new Hexagon Orchids mobile apps. Easiest way to purchase fresh orchids bouquet online. Stay tune with our mobile apps for latest update on our product, tips, orchids clinics, event and many more about orchids. Only available on Google Play. Coming soon we will release to Apple Apps Store.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Orchid Colours
The
best thing about orchid flowers are the array of colours and
varieties available for any kind of occasion. Most notably, orchid
flowers are often chosen by the bride and bridegroom to adorn the
main table and the reception area. While it is true that orchids can
be used virtually anywhere during a wedding celebration, it is mainly
used as wedding bouquets and as centerpieces at the wedding table.
Why
Do Orchids Make Such Lovely Wedding Bouquets?
One
of the main reasons why orchid flowers are a sure favourite with
regards to bouquets for a wedding is its colour. You will find that
most wedding bouquets containing orchids would have a shade of white
or near white in them. Colour is everything when it comes to a
wedding, and is often the central theme. Another reason why orchids
are a sure favourite is its scent. Bear in mind that bouquets are
often held close to the bride's nose which is why not just any old
flower will do, but an orchid. The soft scent that it gives off makes
it ideal as a wedding bouquet.
When
you think of the variety of colours present in orchids, you cannot
help but think of the meaning of flowers in general. Roses resembles
love, daisies and lilacs mean innocence, blue hydrangeas stands for
friendship, while orchid would resemble beauty
Every
wedding couple wants to show their guest how wonderful and beautiful
their relationship is, and what better way to demonstrate this than
using colourful orchids.
Orchids
as Table Centerpieces
Besides
wedding bouquets, orchids are used to design table centerpieces.
While some might be concerned about allergies, they need not be too
worried as orchids gives of a pleasant welcoming smell.
There
are several reasons why they are the preferred choice as table
centerpieces:
- Orchids prove to be tough flowers and are great for use during summertime due to being resilient against loss of moisture and heat
- Found all year long, orchids can be depended on for use in centerpieces
- Just their height alone make orchid plants the ideal flower to use for table centerpieces
It
might be a good idea for wedding couples to purchase orchids in bulk
seeing that it will be used as centerpieces and as wedding bouquet.
Any left over orchids can be put to use for decorating purposes both
at church and at the reception hall. The soft colours of orchids make
it the ideal way to decorate the entrance hall of at your wedding
reception as it will serve a useful purpose in making guests feel
right at home.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Have Fun with Orchids
What kind of visions come into your
mind when you hear someone speak about orchids? Most people would
recall one or the other wedding celebration where the brides table
were brimming with orchids. But that is not the only thing you could
use it for.
There is so much more that can be
done with orchids. Just think how nice it will look if you had a
photo frame adorned with two to three beautifully pink orchid
flowers. It sure adds an exotic touch both in your home and garden.
When home grown, you will know when your lovely orchids are ready to
be picked as they would produce beautiful colorful blooms.
How Do Orchids Reach Full Bloom?
Admiring lovely orchid flowers are
one of the few luxuries we get to enjoy. Having fun in using these
beautiful flowers, coming from the orchid plant, for all types of
decorations is a privilege indeed. But do anyone think how long it
took for the orchid flower to reach full bloom?
What if you were told that it may
take the orchid plant a few years to produce beautiful flowers.
Especially if it was propagated from seeds. Lets take a closer look
at the different stages of the orchid plant when grown from seeds:
- Orchids grown from seed would take a couple of months before it would develop leaves that would be hardly visible at first.
- Should you propagate orchids from a back-bulb, then you can expect any roots or leaves to start appearing in about 3 to 4 months time.
- Orchids would reach full maturity within a period of three to eight years, depending on which variety or orchid you are growing.
- Once the orchid flowers are there it would only be natural for its seeds to be transferred to other areas thanks to natural pollinators such as birds, bees, flies and moths
Ensuring Healthy Growth in
Orchids
For anyone to have fun with orchids
it would require that one takes good care by providing orchids with
an environment that will help ensure strong growth.
Amazingly, each orchid variety would
have their own unique seeds where the individual seeds would prosper
under 40 to 60 percent humidity under indirect sunlight
Flushing of the orchid plant would
be encouraged at least once a month to ensure that there is no chance
of any salt building up. Many are fascinated by the lovely flowers
orchids produce, and are amazed at the way the orchids would bend at
the top as if the plant is planning on getting closer to you. When
asked, each orchid lover will have a different answer. It should not
come as surprise as the orchid species sports well over 30,000
different plant species and over 800 genera.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Pineapple in Medical Uses
The sweet and tangy, slightly
spike-stemmed and hulled pineapple is not only tasty, it has some
medical uses which further its commercial value and have made it a
fruit which is prone to tissue culture.
Pineapple contains bromelain, which is
most often used for its digestive aid properties. Bromelain is a
proteolytic enzyme, which breaks down the protein in food into
useable amino acids. This is how it aids in digestion. There is
bromelain in the meat of the pineapple, but it is really only present
in the raw fruit or whole fruit pineapple juice. Commercial juicing
tends to remove the pulp or meaty portions of the pineapple behind,
which removes much of the beneficial enzyme from the juice. Cooking
the pineapple also tends to dampen the potency of the bromelain.
Most of bromelain in pineapple is found
in the stems and as a result, the extract from the stem of the
pineapple is used to create bromelain supplements. That is where the
further commercial value of the pineapple comes in. Often bromelain
supplements are blended with papain, which is the enzyme found in
papaya. Together these two enzymes work better to aid digestion,
since the papain helps the bloodstream to absorb more of the
bromelain than it would without the papain. Bromelain also has
properties which allow it to fight off food borne parasites. It
helps to combat congestion derived from sinusitis. Bromelain also
helps to wrestle with diabetes and it is an anti-inflammatory.
Bromelain's popularity as a supplement
has led to tissue culture growth from the stems of pineapples. This
method can help to grow pineapples more quickly in certain
situations. Those who suffer with diabetes often take 250mg-500mg of
3 times a day, before meals. Athletes often take bromelain to help
to ease aches and to aid in recovery from certain injuries.
Bromelain is also used with those who take Vitamin B17 supplements as
part of a controversial alternative cancer prevention or treatment
method. Pineapple has also been used to help with Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS), and with the treatment of Lupus.
Pineapple also contains manganese and
Vitamin C. Vitamin C is a very helpful antioxidant. It is necessary
for everyday growth and development. Vitamin C helps to maintain and
mend teeth, cartilage, and bones. It assists in the healing of
wounds and formation of scar tissue. This vitamin also forms a
protein which builds ligaments, tendons, blood vessels, and skin.
Vitamin C can help to prevent some of the damage caused by harmful
free radicals. Free radical buildup is considered to be largely
responsible for aging, and may be a factor in heart disease,
arthritis, cancer and other similar conditions. Manganese helps
enzymes function properly in the body. It makes sense that a food
which contains a digestive enzyme would also contain a mineral to
help the enzyme perform well.
So all in all, the pineapple has some
medicinal uses. It may be considered to be a strange looking fruit,
but it's build is beneficial. Its stem lends itself to tissue
culture and contains the most of the useful enzyme bromelian. The
raw meat of the fruit still has effective amounts of this enzyme,
Vitamin C, and manganese. It also tastes great. Ah, the pineapple
may be strange, but it is mighty.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Planting Orchid at Your Backyard
Who would have thought that you
could grow orchids in your backyard. You can start out by making your
selection from some of the varieties that are not as fussy, and that
can easily adapt to the growing environment that you have available
in your garden. Some of these are seen to be very rare, and consist
of the second largest family among flowering plants. The leaves of
some of the orchids suitable for planting in your back garden would
be like blades of grass or even like the foliage of irises and
lilies.
The key to growing orchids in your
backyard would be to observe its habitat in the wild and then foster
similar conditions at home. Some of the orchids would originate from
the acidic Cedar bogs from the North to the Oak forests of the the
South. While others could be found near Door County's limestone
swales.
Gardeners are surprised to find that
many of the orchids suited to their back yards would bloom in humid
spots with other orchid species doing better in dry habitats. In most
instances it is the pH level as well as the condition of the soil
that is most important to ensure proper growth. Orchids such as
moccasin flower, autumn coral root and rattlesnake plantains would do
well in drier habitats.
In all cases, you should take the
necessary care to prepare your backyard using tree bark, cork,
coconut husk chips as well as granite chips. You would even be
advised to mix it with different potting media where possible. Bear
in mind that most orchids prefer to grow among rocks and near trees.
In
addition, you should ensure that your orchids stay clear from direct
sunlight at all times. Even though most of the plants love sunlights,
it should not be placed directly where it can be burnt. Gardeners are
more than happy that they can experiment with different variants of
orchids for the backyard.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
What is Vanilla Orchid?
The Vanilla planifolia commonly
referred to as the vanilla orchid, is the most popular of the orchid
species commercially due to the fact that it produces vanilla
flavoring. We are referring to the well-known vanilla bean of course.
This is where the flavoring stems from which is actually the orchid's
seed pod. When growing in the wild, it is often pollinated by one of
kind bee species, but in cultivation you will see that it gets
pollinated by hand. The Vanilla Orchid is native to Central America
as well as nearby areas like Mexico, the South of Florida and certain
parts of South America.
Biologically speaking, the Vanilla
Orchid's subfamily branched off from the rest of the orchid family.
There are not many genera within the subfamily, but Vanilla are the
most notable ones. Due to the symbolic relationship between the
vanilla orchid and the natural pollinator (Melipona bees), first
attempts to cultivate vanilla outside the borders of Mexico and also
Central America did not work out.
Where Does Vanilla Orchid Get Its
Name From?
Its been said that Vanilla is a
known genus that contains roughly around 110 described species of
orchid. The most popular is the Vanilla planifolia. It is interesting
to note that the name vanilla is derived from the Spanish word
vainilla which is a diminutive form of a word vaina that means
sheath. In turn the word vaina comes from the Latin word vagina that
means "scabbard" or "sheath". Everyone
appreciate the Vanilla Orchid as it is famous for its taste and aroma
that gets used in food and also perfumes.
Amazingly, the orchid coming from
the Vanilla genus grows monopodially as vines which makes them very
unusual among orchids. Therefore, it is good to make use of a trellis
or, a tall tree fern to offer support for the Vanilla orchid. It is a
known fact that they can grow many meters in length. You could even
pot the orchids in sphaghum moss within a plastic pot. As long as you
are aware that the Orchid plant will soon grow way beyond the
confines of the pot after which it will rely on aerial roots.
As
a matter of interest, the preferred way to water the Vanilla orchid
is through misting it frequently, and growing it where it is fairly
humid. In addition, the orchid should only be watered when it
approaches dryness as it does not have the means to store water
effectively. This could be the reason why the Vanilla orchid is often
grown in greenhouses once tissue plant culture methods have been used
to ensure they get a solid foundation. Generally warm growing
conditions are best, normally in the upper 70 to lower 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. It is good to note that individual vanilla orchid flowers
do not last very long; you will find that one day per flower is
typically how long it will last. It goes to show how intricate some
of these vanilla orchid flowers are.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The Health Benefits of Consuming Vanilla Orchids
Amazingly, vanilla gets used in
everyday products like candles, food, and even cosmetics, all coming
from the vanilla orchid plant. These are fairly easy to grow, but it
is often hard to get them to flower and provide fruit.
The Vanilla Orchid is native to
Mexico and it was recorded that the actual plant was handed to the
Spanish by a certain Montezuma leader of the Aztecs back in 1518,
then shipped later on to Europe. Even though the Vanilla Orchid plant
can be grown in other countries, the fruit and flowers from the plant
could not be attained. For more than 300 years, Mexico was the only
place where the Orchid flowers could be pollinated by the Melipone
bee. Then, in 1841 people developed a hand pollination method that is
still being used today.
Interestingly, the Vanilla orchid
plant is graded as a epiphyte orchid that lives in the very humid
rain forests of South America and Mexico. Vines of the orchid would
grow in lenght to about 40 feet with leaves as long as 4 inches. It
would take the Vanilla Orchid Plant between 7 and 8 years to fully
mature. The fruit would often be referred to as vanilla beans that
would grow in pods. It should be noted that a healthy vine can
produce as many as a 1000 flowers over a period of 20 days.
The Benefits Experience from
Consuming Vanilla Orchids
The medicinal benefits of vanilla
would include using it as treatment of various fevers, it is also
considered to be mildly addictive and is often described as an
aphrodisiac.
The main forms in which vanilla
would be used is in commercial preparations such as whole pods,
powered form, and as an extract.
Foods would be flavored with vanilla
in that it would be added as an extract or through cooking vanilla
pods as part of a liquid preparation. You would be able to obtain a
stronger aroma by splitting the pod into two pieces as you would
expose more of the vanilla pod's surface area. In doing this, you
would prepare the pod seeds for flavoring of food. Amazingly, natural
vanilla would either give of a yellow or brown color when preparing
it which also depends on the strength of the concentration. When off
a good quality, it normally has a strong aromatic flavor which is
good. In the majority of cases, vanilla is used for flavoring ice
creams.
Even
though vanilla is quite a rich flavoring agent, it is also being used
to improve the flavor of things like custard coffee, caramel and so
forth. Within the cosmetic industry, vanilla is used as a scent and
perfume. Due to this, it is therefore imperative that vanilla pods
arer graded properly to ensure the best yield.
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