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Show Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, May 4, 1983 Get Most From Small Gardens w Special Care iounfiful Man Grows rchids Af Home By CAROLE 0. COLE - Review Correspondent By SHARON STEELE BOUNTIFUL Mention orRaviiw Correspondent this way every spring: He chids and most of us picture votes for vegetables. She pines tropical settings, exacting confor posies. The kids languish for ditions, fragile plants that take lawn. And while they debate the years of expertise to grow. But issue, backyard weeds take Jim Coyner of 1631 S. 75 E. in over what little space there is Bountiful has been growing orchids for the past seven years, for planting something new. But it doesnt have to be that three of them in a backyard passive-sola- r greenhouse. .way. By following the The heavily insulated, tips below, a family Its space-conservin- 5C Africa, Thailand, Haiti, Paraguay, Madagascar, Jamaica, Peru, and Central America. Orchids have no specific sea- son, but individual species bloom on their own schedules. Thus in Coyners greenhouse one plant or another is in bloom all the time. Blooms range in size from seven inches across to clusters of tiny individuals blossoms that measure a quarter of an inch. In addition to the typical purgreenhouse measures 12 by 20 feet and was ple orchid, blossoms come in framed entirely on 2x6s. The white, yellow, blue, on the walls is probably orange, and lime green, solid on and spotted. Many species give perhaps as igh as the north wall, Coyner said. off lovely fragrances, and one The solar panels are made of plant smells very much like a Lexan on the outside and laycoconut pie. ered with visqueen and screens Orchids in the wild usually on the inside. grow on the sides or branches of drums painted black and filled trees; thus Coyner has many with water help store the heat, plants growing on hunks of bark collected by the solar panels. attached to wire frames. OrEven before insulation was addchids send up new shoots as ed, the inside temperature of soon as an older shoot has the green house reached 142 de- bloomed. When the plant passes into a dormant stage, the orchid grees. The greenhouse is thermos- plants can be divided and retatically controlled to maintain started. a nighttime low temperature of Coyner says he never throws around 50 to 55 degrees. A ceil- any part of an orchid plant ing fan keeps air circulating in- away. Dormant roots are stored side, and another fan system in a sack in a cooler area, and vents excess heat into the house when new shoots start to apin the winter and to the outside pear, he repots them and begins in the summer. A small swamp a new plant. cooler helps cool down the air Coyner belongs to an ofehid when overheating is a problem. club and enters shows. PrizeWhile orchids have the repu- winning orchids are highly even the pollen from tation for being difficult to valued grow, Coyner has no trouble at them can be sold for significant all and says they are a relative- amounts. When trying to produce ly hardy plant. More than 30,000 species of orchids have been blooms for a show, Coyner says identified around the world, and that keeping and transporting even Utah has 24 native species. the flowers is no problem it is Coyner has in his collection timing the bloom that is impor. species and hybrids from China, tant. Blooms can be held back g ot can have it all, minus the weeds, of course. Border lawn and flower off-whit- e, beds with carrots. The delicate fern-lik- e foliage makes a lovely edge. Sow corn and pole beans together, letting the bean vines twine up the cornstalks. Set cucumber, melon, or squash plants four inches apart along a sturdy fence. Allow the main stem to grow as high as possible, pinching back some of the lateral shoots, but letting R-3- R-2- 5, 2 Fifty-five-gall- others grow into branches. Train the branches on the fence, securing with plastic tape. Pick the cucumbers when theyre fairly small, or support larger cucumbers, squash and melons with cloth slings or strings. Plant fast maturing radishes, lettuce, or green onions between tomatoes, corn, eggplant, or other larger plants and harvest them before later crops get big. Cage tomatoes, by circling construceach plant with ot tion wire. Tie the ends of the wire together and secure tomato stems to the wire for an extremely effective bushy tomato factory. Sow turnips and rutabagas between cabbages. Successfully plant a new crop of the same or different vegetables as soon as the first one is harvested. Repeat several times throughout the growing season. Utilize companion crops. Although scientific data has n that some plants do repel pests, it has not authenticated all claims. Experiment with the following plants to see what works in your own garden: Chives to repel many kinds of isects garlic to control blight, repel or kill aphids, mosquito larvae, some caterpillars, and sucking bugs; onions to repel peach bore ; leek or rosemary to repel the carrot fly; marigolds ORCHIDS homegrown in Utah? It seems unlikely, but Jim Coyner of Bountiful produces many colors and varieties of the exotic plant in a greenhouse at his home. by keeping the plant in less light and in cooler areas. Once the plant has bloomed the flowers may stay for as long as a year. One particular orchid that is in bloom in the greenhouse now is the rare Angraecum a lovely white orchid from Madagascar with a mild fragrance. It is a difficult orchid to get to bloom, and Coyners is thought to be the first of this species to be made to bloom in Utah. In addition to cultivating orchids, Coyner also uses the greenhouse for starting garden mag-talen- He says they are hardier than they appear, but do need special care in this climate. Here, he checks new growth on one of the plants. vegetables and flowers, and keeps a few other hothouse-typplants. He has a cereus, a species of cactus that blooms only between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Its spectacular large white flower is very fragrant, and those who own plants gather friends and family together to witness the event of its blooming. Coyner grows his orchids mostly for his own pleasure, but he has purchased a few plants from which he occasionally sells a few orchid blooms. e night-bloomin- g 'nORTHERN UTAH WITH ADVERTISEMENTS AND NEWS! Over 119,000 Households Delivered In 4 Counties! 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