Gardening with Wilson

I was pleasantly surprised to see a feature story written on the growing of slipper orchids being published on Straits Times Life! today. The correspondent who did the interview was Andrew Tan and the grower that was featured in his article was Mr Joseph Yeo who happens to be a veteran member of the Green Culture Singapore discussion forum. 

Like what was mentioned in the article, Joseph started his gardening interest in cacti and I remembered that he told me that he grew airplants (Tillandsia) and tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes) before. He only started to grow slipper orchids (Paphiopedilums) only a few years ago. Similar to all plant groups he grew before, Joseph has always been fully committed to them and emerge soon after, as a subject expert.

Via his generous sharing of practical growing tips and posting of excellent photographs as a testimony of his great gardening skills on the Green Culture Singapore discussion forum, many fellow gardeners are inspired and given good guidance to grow this group of orchids which have been viewed as rather challenging to grow in tropical Singapore.