PDI Plants using recycled glass vases for your living orchid programs, Waltham, MA

1. Plantscape Designs Inc has done something innovative and cost efficient once again for us as well as our interior design landscaped indoor offices.

2. At PDI we are purchasing all kinds of assorted glass wear from "Second Glance Thrift Shops for our clients indoor office orchid programs.. Donated glassware given to "Second Glance "by you the public, is purchased by PDI , helping "Second Glance" community in need organization. This community organization takes these monies and purchases much needed food supplies for the hundreds of families whose mothers and fathers are out of work.

3. The glassware purchased by our interior landscaping company is of unique design unlike common corporate made containers for our floral and interior landscaping industry.

4. In addition, our costs in producing our living orchid indoor arrangements have been reduced, making your office living green plant orchid arrangements more affordable to you our clients, Waltham, MA

Caring for your Oncidium Orchid in your Woburn, MA interior office.

Oncidium orchids care can be trickier than for its cousins, the tolerant Paphiopedilum (Lady Slipper) or Phalaenopsis (Moth orchid). Oncidium orchid care must include abundant light and definite dry periods between waterings.

Oncidiums’ large pseudobulbs and profuse roots make them prone to rot and yet during the growing season they should be watered frequently. Striking the balance between keeping the plant adequately hydrated and dry all while avoiding root rot makes caring for orchids in the Oncidium genus challenging.

Oncidium Orchid Care Basics, PDI Woburn, MA

1. Light:  This is one of the few orchids that actually thrives on a few hours of direct sunlight each day. Oncidiums’ sun tolerance puts the other orchid types to shame. Put plant in an east or west facing, window (preferable with a sheer or Venetian blind covering it) where it can soak up the sun’s indirect but abundant rays. Dark green leaves indicate inadequate light exposure.

2. Temperature:  This group is classified as intermediate to warm, meaning that the plants can withstand 55° at night and 85° in the day. Oncidiums have been known to tolerate temperatures as high as 100° if there is sufficient air movement (a gentle fan preempts several orchid diseases and even pest infestation).Many of our interior office environments are warm enough for these orchids Woburn,MA.

3. Water:  Rather than watering by a weekly schedule, physically check the plant. Refrain from watering until potting mix is dry half way through. Check water levels by pushing a popsicle stick or bamboo skewer into the mix and checking the end to see if it’s wet or not. This frequency could wind up being every other day (during growing season) to once a week or every two weeks (dormancy). Water Oncidium less during summer dormancy. Keep in mind that plump pseudo bulbs indicate a healthy, adequately watered plant, where shriveled bulbs indicate a need for more water in your interior office Woburn, MA

4. Fertilizer:  If plant is in bark (which is typical), use high-nitrogen (30-10-10) during growing season. Otherwise use a balanced fertilizer (20-20-20). That said: rather than fertilizing weekly as you would with Phalaenopsis, fertilize every other week in half-strength and make sure to flush the fertilizer with clear water once a month. Fertilize more during sunny conditions which lead to photosynthesis and more energy use by the plant. The bigger the plant, the more fertilizer needed.

5. Growth:  Fast-growing.

6. Blooming:  While they can vary, Oncidium orchid blooms from August to September. Blooms last for up to two months.

PDIPLANTS INC, incorporates Oncidium Orchids in many of our interior plantscape office designsWoburn, MA

Pony Tail Palm: Designs by PDIPlants Waltham, MA

Botanical name: Beaucarnea Recurvata

Plant type: Houseplant

Sun exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun

Ponytail Palms are a great, long-lived indoor plant. (Despite it's name and palm-like appearance, it's not a true "palm.")

This plant has long green leathery stems that develop as the plant ages.  Indoors, they can reach up to 3 feet high. The only thing that is difficult about this plant is adapting to its watering needs. Plantscape Designs Inc. frequently uses these hardy indoor interior office green plants in your office work place, Waltham, MA.

1. Planting

• Use a fast draining soil, such as cactus potting soil.
• Normal room temperature is good for most of the year, but keep it cooler in the winter (50 to 55° F).
• Find a location with bright light.

2. Care

• Keep soil fairly dry. Water from spring through fall allowing soil to dry on the surface before re-watering. During the winter only water occasionally.
• Fertilize in the spring and bring into brighter room for the summer months. 
• Re-potting every other year at the most is all the Ponytail Palm needs.

3. Pests

• Overwatering can contribute to stem rot.  If you withhold watering, the plant may be able to internally cure the problem. 
• Spider mites occur on the leaves, but can be fixed by rubbing a cloth of soap and water on the stems. 

4. Wit & Wisdom

Another name for Ponytail Palm is Elephant Foot Palm.
PDIPlants has a unique variety of interior office green plants Waltham , MA

Using Robellini Palms in your indoor office workplace, Cambridge, MA

When you think of typical palm trees, an image of tall tree trunks stretching toward the sky often comes to mind. However, the robellini palm (Phoenix roebelenii) offers a miniature palm choice growing to a maximum of 12 feet within your interior office plant locations. Preferring warmer climates the robellini palm does require some care regarding its soil nutrient structure and watering needs. Although commonly disease-free, robellini palms may invite pathogens if their surrounding environment is neglected.

1

Monitor your robellini palm's soil for sufficient moisture. The soil should look damp, but not soggy. Insert a moisture meter into the soil for a more accurate account of the soil's water level. A low moisture reading indicates that the palm should be watered immediately. PDIplants uses moisture meters in our interior office plant environments, Cambridge, MA

2

Water the palm when the soil becomes slightly dry, using a watering can. Do not allow the tree to remain in complete drought conditions. It can withstand dry environments sporadically, but this places unnecessary stress on the palm.

3

Observe the water absorbing into the soil. Your palm's soil needs well-drained conditions. The water should not pool around the trunk; it should move quickly downward to feed the lower root system.

4

Till sand into the surrounding soil if it is not well drained using a gardening hoe. Use care so that you do not damage any roots below the topsoil.

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Insert a pH meter into the palm's soil. Observe the pH level. Robellini palms prefer acidic to slightly alkaline soils. Amend the soil with lime or sulfate if the pH is extremely low or high.

6

Observe the palm's leaves. Look for any damage from nutrient deficiencies, such as chlorosis or yellowing leaves.

7

Fertilize the palm with balanced fertilizer, preferably specialized for palms. Potassium and magnesium are specific nutrients that cause leaf dieback if they are not available readily in the soil.

8

Repeat the fertilizing treatment so that the palm has three applications within one year for a mature tree. Younger trees, such as seedlings, require fertilizing once a month.

Plantscape Designs Inc. currently designs with these beautiful unique shaped interior landscape green plants within our Cambridge, MA and Waltham, MA interior green plant offices.