Orchid News

Award-winning orchid grower from Taranaki starts a two years growing trial using Fernwood Tree Fern substrate.

Read how an experienced paphiopedilum grower’splants grow vigorously and beautifully, well ahead of the others, planted in pure Fernwood Tree Fern Fibre. He explains how fiber (in most cases) grows orchids best, and that there is no need to mix it with bark Recently,...

As far as Selwyn Hatrick, a passionate paphiopedilum orchid grower from Rotorua is concerned, using Dyna-Gro Nutrient Solutions and Fernwood Tree Fern Fibre is the perfect combination. This article written by Bio Leaf Plant Nutrients NZ explains why Fernwood Tree Fern...

Enjoy this informative blog post provided by Selwyn Hatrick with a summary of his findings while growing Paphiopedilums in tree fern fibre. My first orchid was a green-flowered cymbidium that I bought from a local plant nursery over 40 years ago.  It never flowered...

Here at Fernwood, we know that our NZ tree fern products are second to none. But we don’t expect anyone just to take our word for it. We have given a number of orchid growers here in New Zealand the opportunity to try it out, and the feedback we’ve received has been...

TREE FERN: American Orchid Society - magazine; July 2018 (with permission)