| 单词 | osmunda fibre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasosmunda fibre 2. More fully osmunda fibre, osmunda peat. A growing medium made from the roots or stems of osmundas (esp. Osmunda cinnamomea and O. claytoniana), used for orchids. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > artificial soil or compost potting soil1861 potting compost1891 osmunda1910 osmundine1932 John Innes1939 vermiculite1950 perlite1956 Inceptisol1960 1910 Gardeners' Chron. 5 Nov. 329/3 He [sc. H. G. Alexander] decided that Osmunda fibre was the best material procurable. 1932 Bull. Amer. Orchid Soc. Dec. 87/2 Osmunda fibre taken from swampy land should not be used. 1942 A. Laurie & V. H. Ries Floriculture xix. 460 Osmunda peat makes the best medium for this group [of epiphytic orchids]. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1440/2 Osmunda is at present the best material for general use [in potting orchids] but in fact several other fibres are in use to eke out and modify Osmunda fibre. 1959 Listener 17 Dec. 1094/3 A piece of osmunda fibre, or wire netting filled with moss and fastened round a cane, can be driven into the pot and kept moist with spraying. 1966 T. B. Morris Orchids with Murder i. 7 The pleasantly familiar smell of damp loam and sphagnum and osmunda fibre. 1974 C. L. Withner Orchids: Sci. Stud. iii. 154 Osmunda fiber plus water provided adequate fertility for orchids. < as lemmas |
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