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Cooktown Orchid (Dendrdoium Phaleenopsis)

Did You Know?

The Cooktown Orchid is a dark pink coloured flower that can be five centimetres across with a long stalk.

Queensland

Plant

  • Beans, beetroot, celery and spinach
  • Seedlings of cornflower, kale, nemesia and statice
  • Citrus and other fruit trees
  • Spring and summer bulbs

Care

  • Control gardenia scale with Yates Pest Oil
  • Feed Citrus with Plants Plus Organic Pelletised Fertiliser
  • Control winter lawn weeds with Brunnings Feed N Weed

Prune

  • Citrus to remove twiggy growth and gall wasp swellings
  • Hydrangeas down to plump healthy buds
  • Poinsettias hard after flowering to encourage bushy growth
 

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