Te pirau pakiaka i roto i ngā ōkiti: me pēhea te tautuhi, te rongoā, me te whakaora i te tipu.

I kite ahau i tētahi mea hē i te tīmatanga o te memeha haere o ngā rau o taku ōkiti Phalaenopsis, ahakoa te whakainu noa. I taku tango i te kohua hei tirotiro, i kitea e au te take: he parauri te nuinga o te pakiaka, he ngawari ki te pā atu, he take pirau noa e hiahia ana kia tere te mahi hei whakaora i te tipu.

Me pēhea te tautuhi i tētahi pakiaka hauora, ki te whakataurite ki tētahi pakiaka kua pangia kētia?

He mārō te pakiaka hauora ki te pā atu, he kakariki te tae ina makuku, he hiriwa rānei ina maroke. He rerekē ki te pakiaka pirau, ka parauri pouri, ka ngawari, ā, i ngā wā kua tino kino, ka ngāwari te wehe atu i te paparanga o waho ina pēhia mārire ki waenganui i ngā maihao.

Ko te nui rawa o te wai te tino take o tēnei raruraru.

E ai ki taku kōrero i roto i tētahi atu tuhinga mō te whakamakuku tika, ko te pirau o te pakiaka ka puta mai i te oneone e noho tonu ana i te wai, kāore he wā e maroke ai i waenga i ngā whakamakuku, ka hangaia he taiao pai mō te harore e hua ai tēnei momo kino haere tonu.

Ko tētahi atu take o te raruraru ko te wharepaku kāore he paipa waikeri tika.

E ai ki taku kōrero i tētahi atu tuhinga mō ngā momo kohua, ka pupuri te ipu kāore he kōhao wai e ranea ana, ahakoa he tika te auau whakainu, nō reira ka whakaū tonu ahau he rawaka te wai i mua i te tirotiro i ētahi atu take.

Me pēhea te tango i te pakiaka pakaru i te wā e whakatō ana?

Mā te whakamahi i te kutikuti ma, i te maripi rānei kua horoia ki te waipiro, tapahia te wāhanga parauri me te wāhanga ngohengohe kia tae rā anō ki te kiko mārō, hauora, kaua e waiho he toenga ngoikore ka horapa tonu te raruraru ki te toenga o te pakiaka hauora.

Me pēhea te patu huakita i te taputapu i waenganui i ia tapahi i tēnei wā mahi?

Ka murua e au te mata ki te waipiro i waenganui i ia tapahi, ahakoa kei te mahi tonu i te tipu kotahi, hei whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te whakawhiti harore mai i tētahi wāhanga kua pangia ki tētahi atu wāhanga hauora tonu i te wā e tangohia ana te pakiaka pirau.

He mea nui te hanga i tētahi papa hou i muri i tēnei tikanga.

Kāore au e whakamahi anō i te papa tawhito i muri i te pirau o te pakiaka, nā te mea kei roto pea te harore, te huakita rānei nāna i hanga te raruraru taketake. Ka whiriwhiria tonutia e au he rauemi hou hei whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te hokinga mai anō o te pirau i roto i te tipu hou kua rongoatia.

He mea nui anō hoki tētahi ipu hou, kua horoia pai rānei, hei whakaaroaro māu mō tēnei tukanga.

Ki te whakamahi anō ahau i te kohua kotahi, ka horoia pai ki te wai me te iti o te wai mākū kua whakaranua, ka horoia pai i muri iho, me te whakarite kia kore he toenga o te raruraru o mua e toe ana i roto i te ipu i mua i te whakatō anō i te pakiaka hauora kua rongoatia.

Me pēhea te whakarite i te whakainu i muri i te whakaiti nui i te pūnaha pakiaka o te tipu?

Nā te iti o ngā pakiaka e wātea ana hei mimiti i te wai, ka whakaitihia e au te auau whakamakuku mō tētahi wā poto, kia kore ai e uta rawa te pūnaha kua ngoikore kē, i te wā e whakapau kaha ana te tipu ki te whakawhanake i ngā pakiaka hou hei whakakapi i te wāhanga i tika kia tangohia.

Ka whakamahia e au te paura hinamona hei rongoā māori, ā, kua whakamahia kētia e au mō tēnei momo tapahi.

Ka pania e au he paparanga mātotoru o te paura hinamona ki te motu, hei whakamahi i ngā āhuatanga harore ā-taiao o te mea kakara—he ārai anō tēnei kua whakamahia e au mō ngā tau, ā, e āwhina ana ki te tiaki i te patunga i a ia e ora ā-taiao ana.

He tohu whakaora kua ako ahau ki te mōhio i muri i tēnei tikanga.

Ka kite ahau i te putanga ake o ngā pito pakiaka hou, he kākāriki te nuinga, e puta tata ana ki te take o te tipu i ngā wiki i muri i te maimoatanga, he tohu whakatenatena tēnei kei te ora tonu te tipu, ā, kei te whakapau kaha ki te hanga anō i te pūnaha pakiaka kua ngaro.

Kia pēhea te roa ka ora katoa te tipu i tēnei raruraru?

I runga i te kaha o te ngaromanga o te pakiaka, ka roa pea te wā e maha ngā marama e ora katoa ai, me te manawanui me te tiaki tonu i tēnei wā, me te kore e tatari kia tere ngā hua ina whakaarohia te nui o te mahi hanga anō a te tipu mai i te tīmatanga kia hoki ai ki tōna hauora o mua.

Me pēhea te tautoko ā-tinana i te tipu i te mea kāore anō kia ranea te pūnaha pakiaka hou?

Ka whakamahia e au he tautoko huna, ka whakatakotoria rānei te kohua ki te taha o tētahi mata pumau, nā te mea ka kore e pumau te āhua o ngā tipu he iti rawa ngā pakiaka kia whiwhi rā anō rātou i te punga hei tautoko i a rātou anō i roto i te papa hou.

I hē ahau i te whakamakuku i te tikanga i muri tonu i tēnei tikanga.

I te wā tuatahi i hiahia ai ahau ki te tango i te pakiaka pirau, i hohoro rawa taku hoki ki taku mahi whakamakuku o mua, me te kore e whakaaro he iti ake te kaha mimiti o te tipu, ā, ka hua ake he pirau wāhanga anō i hiahiatia ai he tikanga whakatikatika tuarua.

Me pēhea taku whakarerekē i taku huarahi whai muri i taku ako mai i taua hapa.

I tīmata ahau ki te whakaiti i te whakainu mō ngā wiki torutoru i muri i tētahi tikanga tango pakiaka nui, ā, ka piki haere te whakainu ina kite ahau i tētahi tohu mārama o te tipu o ngā pakiaka hou, me te karo i te mahi anō i taua hapa kotahi, arā, te hohoro rawa o te mahi.

Kei te tuhi i ia tukanga tango pakiaka ki taku pukatuhi whakatipu.

I roto i taku pukatuhi whakatipu, kua whakahuatia kētia i tētahi atu tuhinga, ka tuhia e au te rā i tangohia ai tetahi pakiaka nui, te nui i tangohia, me te urupare a te tipu i ngā wiki i muri mai—he tuhinga tēnei e āwhina ana i ahau ki te whai i tōna whakaoranga i roto i te huarahi whakarite ake.

He mea nui te hauhautanga tika hei ārai i tēnei raruraru ā muri ake nei.

E ai ki taku kōrero i roto i tētahi atu tuhinga mō te hauhautanga, mā te pai o te tohanga o te hau ka maroke te papa kia ōrite, ka whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te pirau ahakoa he nui rawa te whakainu i ētahi wā.

Me pēhea te whakamahi i te taumaha o te kohua hei aroturuki i te makuku, me te kore e hiahiatia kia whakawhitia i ia wā?

I ako ahau ki te whāwhā i te taumaha o te kohua i muri tonu i te whakamakuku, me te whakarite ki te taumaha ina maroke, he tikanga ā-ringa tēnei e āwhina ana i ahau ki te whakatau āhea me whakamakuku anō me te kore e hiahiatia kia whakawhitia te tipu i ia wā, hei tirotiro noa i te āhua o ngā pakiaka.

Me pēhea taku aroturuki i te oranga o te tipu i ngā marama e whai ake nei?

Ka tangohia e au ngā whakaahua o te tipu i muri tonu i te tikanga, ā, ka whakahokia anō tēnei i ia wiki torutoru, me te pupuri i ēnei whakaahua me te tuhinga i roto i taku pukatuhi whakatipu. Mā tēnei tikanga tirohanga ahau e āwhina ki te whakaū i te ahunga whakamua o te whakaoranga ahakoa te āhua puhoi o te ahunga whakamua i ia rā.

Me pēhea taku tuku tohutohu atu ki tētahi atu kaiwhakatipu e tuku mai ana i tētahi whakaahua ki ahau e tono ana kia āwhinahia ahau mō tēnei raruraru?

Ka tūtohu tonu ahau kia tangohia te kohua me te āta tirotiro i te pakiaka, nā te mea he iti noa te kitea o te whānuitanga tuturu o te raruraru mā te whakaahua o te rau anake, ā, i muri i tēnei tirotiro tika ka taea e au te tohutohu atu me te māia mō te tikanga e tika ana mō taua take.

Ngā pātai kua pātaihia mai ki ahau mō ngā pakiaka pirau

Ka taea e te ōkiti te ora i muri i te ngaronga o te nuinga o ōna pakiaka?
Ae, ki te toe tonu ētahi kiko hauora, ā, ki te whiwhi te tipu i te tiaki tika i te wā e ora ana, ka taea e te tini orchid te hanga anō i ō rātou pakiaka i roto i ētahi marama o te manawanui me te aro tonu.

Me maka atu e ahau te tipu mena kua pakaru te pūnaha pakiaka katoa?
Kāore pea, nā te mea ka taea e ētahi ōkiti te ora ake ahakoa i roto i ngā āhuatanga tino kino, engari he mea tika kia whakaarohia te kaha e hiahiatia ana me te tūponotanga o te angitu i mua i te whakatau mēnā ka haere tonu te whakamātau.

Ka taea e au te whakamahi i te hauwai waikura hei utu mō te paura hinamona i te wā e tapahi ana?
Ka whakamahia tēnei momo rongoā e ētahi kaiwhakatipu me ngā hua pai, engari ko taku e pai ake ai ko te paura hinamona nā te ngāwari o te whakamahi me ōna āhuatanga harore tūturu kua whakamātauhia, me te kore e tūpono ka riri anō ngā kiko kua tapahia kētia.

Nā te whakatau i te pirau o te pakiaka i ako ahau i te hiranga o te tere o te mahi i te tohu tuatahi o te ngaromanga o te pakari o te rau, e whakaatu ana ko te tirotiro i te pakiaka i ia wā he rite tonu te hiranga ki te tirotiro i tetahi atu wāhanga o te tipu e kitea ana i roto i te tiaki o ia rā.