Orchidom

Orchid Culture and Environmental Conditions

More than top-quality breeding lines are necessary in order to produce top-quality plants for the orchid market. We're proud of our cultural practices and of the skill of our greenhouse personnel, but we suffer under no illusion that the quality of the orchids we produce is thanks solely to our breeding lines or our cultural skills. We humbly and gratefully credit God and nature for the health and vigor of our plants.

Almost perfect mountain-stream water, ideal temperatures and the trade winds in an environment essentially free of contaminants give us a growing environment where fungicides, bactericides, insecticides and fertilizers are needed in minimal amounts. This lowers our production costs, creating savings that can be passed on to our customers. An important non-financial side benefit of our "low-chemical" environment is that it enables us to share our greenhouses with a variety of creatures that one would not expect to thrive in the typical chemical-laden orchid greenhouse.

Here are a few of the creatures that make their homes among our orchids:

Lizard inspecting

Phal. Orchidom Kaleidoscope

Eggs of Northern Mockingbird sharing

the pot with Den. Orchidom Baby Blush

Two Ground Dove chicks enjoy the

shade of Den. Orchidom Stripes

Eggs of a Ground Dove nestled between

pots of Dtps. Little Red

Walkingstick with Den. Burana White

Native Dominican frog (Eleutherodactylus inoptatus)

guards its nest in the pot of a Phalaenopsis

Chicks of the Northern Mockingbird blend in

with  Rodrumnia (Rdcm.) Orchidom Showtime

We would be pleased to invite you to tour our lab and greenhouse facilities when you next visit the Dominican Republic. Just give us a call.

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