A favorite memory from my childhood memory pool Is being underneath my aunt's grape arbor, it was cool Clusters of juicy purple and white grapes hanging down Under Aunt Irma's grape arbor near Patterson town

That memory made me want to have some grapes to eat So I built a grape arbor where I could escape heat The three vines I planted were frail and very small I wondered if they would even grow at all

Slipper orchid care for these orchids is a little more difficult than cattleyas but you can be successful. To me slipper orchids are one of prettiest orchids around. They have this waxy sheen to them and petals and lips are thicker than most orchids.

The one feature that sets slipper orchids apart from others is lip. It forms a cup like pouch . Another part of slipper orchid that sets them apart is uppermost sepal which looks like an inverted heart. The lower sepals may be almost completely hidden from view by pouch.

Slipper orchids bloom singly for most part. They generally flower from autumn to spring although there are now hybrids that can bloom at anytime during year. As beautiful as these orchids are I need to tell you about slipper orchid care.

These paph orchids have no water storing features on them. And they are generally terrestrial,soil growing, growing in shade of forest floor where they can always be moist. So watering needs to be available constantly. Paph orchid care requires that they be moist and never dry or soggy.