Resources and Caresheets
Resources and Caresheets
Growing guides written for the plants we import. English and 繁體中文.
Every caresheet is written around the conditions a plant actually needs in a Canadian home, greenhouse or garden — where it grows in the wild, how much light and water it wants, what to pot it in, and what it does through the year. They are free to read, and we add to them as new species arrive.
⚠️ These guides are a starting point, not a formula. Light, temperature, humidity, air movement and water quality differ from one home, greenhouse and region to the next. Please read them as reference and adjust to your own conditions — following any caresheet unchanged, ours included, rarely works.
Caresheets
Habenaria lindleyana
寬葉玉鳳花
A Thailand-centred terrestrial tuber whose dormancy is triggered by drought, not cold. Covers watering through growth, the drought-driven rest period, and a naming mix-up with an unrelated Indian species.
HabenariaPecteilis radiata
白鷺蘭
The store's first temperate species — a summer-blooming, winter-deciduous terrestrial from Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. Covers its cool-but-frost-free winter rest and the naming dispute between Pecteilis and Habenaria.
CynorkisCynorkis fastigiata
馬達加斯加地生蘭
A self-pollinating terrestrial tuber native across five Western Indian Ocean islands, not just Madagascar. Covers its warm, frost-free dormancy and why the tuber should be potted up promptly on arrival.
HabenariaHabenaria medusa
美杜莎玉鳳蘭
An Indonesian island endemic named for its gorgon-like fringed lip. Covers its warm, dry-triggered dormancy, light needs, and how to tell it apart from a commonly confused mainland relative.
HabenariaHabenaria carnea
肉色玉鳳蘭
A limestone-endemic terrestrial from Thailand and Malaysia, grown in cultivation since the 1890s yet barely recorded in the wild. Covers watering through growth and bloom, and the dry dormancy that follows.
HabenariaHabenaria rhodocheila
玉鳳蘭
A tuberous terrestrial with a striking coloured lip. Covers the growth and dormancy cycle, watering through each phase, and how to handle the tubers over winter.
CypripediumCypripedium californicum
加州杓蘭
A hardy North American lady's slipper of wet, open seeps. Covers moisture, drainage, light and the cold period it needs each year.
CypripediumCypripedium kentuckiense
肯塔基杓蘭
One of the largest-flowered North American slipper orchids. Covers siting, soil mix, summer moisture and winter dormancy in the garden.
CypripediumCypripedium formosanum
台灣喜普鞋蘭
The pleated-leaf slipper orchid from the mountains of Taiwan, and one of the easier Cypripedium to start with. Covers potting, summer care and overwintering.
PaphiopedilumPaphiopedilum delenatii
德氏拖鞋蘭 · 越南美人
Full guide and background: native habitat and altitude, light, temperature and humidity, potting mix, watering, feeding and rest period.
OncidiumOncidium
新手養護指南 — 文心蘭
A beginner's guide to one of the most forgiving orchids to start with. Light, watering, potting and what to expect through the year.
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⚠️ Caresheets describe how a species grows once it is established. The plants we ship are bare-root and not established — they arrive without growing medium or pot, and need to regrow roots and settle before normal care applies. See What Bare-Root Plants Look Like on Arrival, and our Terms and Explanations for what is covered on arrival.
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