Me pēhea te whakamakuku i ngā ōkiti me te kore e pirau ngā pakiaka: te tikanga kua whakamahia e au mō ngā tau.

Ko taku ōkiti tuatahi, he Phalaenopsis mā i riro mai i ahau hei koha, i mate i te pirau pakiaka i roto i ngā marama e toru. I taua wā, i whakamakuku ahau i te ōkiti pērā i taku whakamakuku i tētahi atu tipu whare, he iti noa te wai i ia rā, me te kore e mārama he rerekē rawa te whanaungatanga o ngā ōkiti ki te wai. He ohorere tēnei i meinga ai ahau kia ako hōhonu i tēnei kaupapa, ā, i tēnei rā, me ngā tipu maha kei te kāinga, he tikanga whakamakuku tāku e kore e ranea.

He aha i pirau ai ngā ōkiti ina whakainumia pinepinetia?

I roto i te taiao, ko te nuinga o ngā ōkiti e whakatipuria ana ki te kāinga, pērā i te Phalaenopsis, ka piri ki ngā manga rākau, ka kitea ō rātou pakiaka ki te hau, ka whiwhi wai anake i te wā ua, ā, ka maroke wawe i muri mai. Ka whakamomori ngā pakiaka i te oneone kua rumakina mō te wā roa, e hiahia ana ki te hāora me te wai, ā, koinei te take e pirau ai.

Me pēhea te mōhio kua tae ki te wā hei whakamakuku, me te kore e whakawhirinaki ki tētahi wātaka kua whakaritea?

Kāore au e whakamakuku i tētahi rā kua whakaritea o te wiki. Engari, ka tirohia e au te papa me te taumaha o te kohua—ina kitea te maroke o te kiri paina, te papa rānei i whakamahia, ā, ina mama ake te pā o te kohua, he tohu tēnā kua tae ki te wā. Kua whakakapia katoatia e tēnei tikanga ā-rongo tetahi kaupapa pakari i ngana ahau ki te whai i te tīmatanga.

Ko te tikanga rumaki e whakamahia ana e au mō te nuinga o aku tipu.

Ka rumakina e au te kohua katoa, me te kōhao wai, ki roto i tētahi peihana wai mō te tekau ki te tekau mā rima meneti, kia mimiti katoa ai te wai i te oneone. Kātahi ka tangohia, ka tukua kia mimiti katoa te wai i mua i te whakahokinga i te tipu ki tōna wāhi o mua, kaua rawa e waiho te wai e tū ana i roto i te pereti, i te kohua rānei.

He aha ahau kāore ai e waiho i te wai tū i roto i te kohua, i te pereti rānei.

Ahakoa he kōhao wai kei roto i te kohua whakapaipai, ka noho tonu te pūtake o te pakiaka ki te makuku, ka hanga anō i te āhua e pirau ai. Ka ringihia pai e au te wai, ā, ki te whakamahi au i te kohua kāore he kōhao, ka tangohia e au te wai e toe ana i muri i ia whakainu.

Te rerekētanga i waenga i te whakamakuku mai i runga me te whakamakuku mā te rumaki.

He tere ake te whakamakuku mai i runga, te ringihanga wai tika ki runga i te papa oneone, engari he maha ngā wā ka kore e taurite te whakamakuku, ka waiho tetahi wāhanga o te papa oneone kia maroke tonu, ko tetahi wāhanga kua mākū kē. Mā te rumaki ka nui ake te makuku puta noa i te pūnaha pakiaka, he āhuatanga i tino rerekē ai te hauora o aku tipu i muri i taku whakarerekētanga i taku tikanga.

Auautanga e whakamahia ana e au, i ia teihana, i ia wā.

I te raumati, i te wera me te hau maroke, ka whakamakuku ahau i ia rima, i ia ono rānei rā. I te takurua, ka roa ake te maroke o te oneone, i ētahi wā tekau, neke atu rānei, nō reira ka whakaute ahau i tēnei tere puhoi, kaua e akiaki i tētahi auau pumau e tika ana mō tētahi wā motuhake.

Nā te mea ka rerekē te auau whakainu i te momo papa.

Ka tere ake te maroke o te papa kiri paina matotoru i te moko sphagnum, e pupuri ana i te makuku mō te wā roa. Kua tino whakatikatikahia e au taku tikanga whakamakuku mā te whakarerekē i te papa mō tētahi tipu motuhake, me te ako he rerekē te kaupapa whakamakuku mō ia rauemi.

He tohu ā-kanohi e whakaatu ana he pai te makuku o te pakiaka.

Ka huri ngā pakiaka Phalaenopsis hauora ki te kakariki i muri tonu i te whakamakuku, ā, ka mārama ake ki te hina-kakariki, ki te hiriwa rānei i te wā e maroke ana. I ako ahau ki te whakamahi i tēnei panoni tae hei tohu tirohanga tika, me te kore e hiahia ki te pā atu, ki te whakaaro rānei mā te taumaha o te kohua.

He hapa kua mahia e au i mua: te whakamahi i te wai hukapapa mai i te pouaka whakamātao.

I tētahi wā i ngana ai ahau ki te penapena wā, i whakamahia e au te wai hukapapa i roto i te pouaka whakamātao hei whakamakuku i aku tipu, ā, i kite ahau he kino te tauhohenga o ētahi, ā, ka tere ake te hinga o ngā putiputi i te tikanga. I ēnei rā ka whakamahia tonutia e au te wai i te pāmahana rūma, kia kore ai e pāngia ngā pakiaka e te ru wera koretake.

Me pēhea te whakarite i te whakainu i muri tonu i te whakato?

I muri i te whakatō hou i te kohua, e ai ki te kōrero i roto i tētahi atu tuhinga, ka tatari ahau mō ētahi rā i mua i te whakamakuku katoa tuatahi, kia whai wā ai kia ora ai ngā pakiaka kua pakaru i te wā o te tukanga, kia whakaitihia ai te tūponotanga o te mate harore ki te tomo mā te tapahi hou tonu.

Te whakamakuku i ngā ōkiti maha i te wā kotahi, me te kore e ngaro te mana whakahaere.

Mēnā he nui ake taku kohinga, ka wehea e au ngā tipu kia rite te hiahia, ka whakamakuku i ngā tipu katoa o te rōpū kotahi i te rā kotahi, kaua e ngana ki te maumahara takitahi ki ia kohua. Nā tēnei whakaritenga māmā kua ārai i te warewaretanga me te nui rawa o te whakamakuku, he mea kua tupu i mua i taku ngana ki te whakahaere i ngā mea katoa mai i te mahara.

He rerekē te hiahia whakainu i waenga i te Phalaenopsis me te Cattleya.

Ahakoa he pai te aro o ngā ōkiti Phalaenopsis ki ngā huringa whakainu auau, ko ngā ōkiti Cattleya, kua whakamāramahia kētia i roto i tētahi atu tuhinga mō ngā momo, e pai ake ana kia maroke rawa i waenga i ngā whakainu, nā te mea he rahui wai tūturu ā rātou putiputi. Ko te whakapoauau i tēnei kaupapa whakainu i waenga i ngā momo e rua he hapa i mahia e au i mua, i te whakainu i ngā ōkiti Cattleya me te auau rite ki te Phalaenopsis, ā, ka whakararu i te hauora o ō rātou pakiaka.

Te pānga o te tūranga o te tipu i roto i te whare ki te auau whakamakuku.

Ka tere ake te maroke o te papa oneone ina he tipu e tata ana ki te matapihi he nui te māramatanga me te hauhautanga, i te tipu kei te kokonga marumaru, tiakina hoki o te whare. Ka whakarerekētia e au te auau whakainu o ia kohua takitahi me te whakaaro ki tēnei tūranga motuhake, kaua e whakamahi i te ture kotahi ki te kohinga katoa nā te mea he momo kotahi rātou.

Whakamātauria te papa oneone ki tō matihao i mua i te whakatau ki te whakamakuku.

Haunga te aromatawai i te taumaha o te kohua, ka ata kuhuhia e au tōku maihao ki waenganui i ngā paparanga o te papa, me te tirotiro mēnā kei te mau tonu te makuku i roto i ngā paparanga o roto, kaua i te mata e kitea ana anake. Mā tēnei whakamātautau māmā ka karohia te hē o te whakaaro kua maroke kē te tipu nā te mea he maroke te paparanga o runga, i te mea kei te makuku tonu te pokapū o te kohua.

Kia tino tupato ina whakamakuku ana i ngā rā tino wera, tino makariri rānei.

Kāore au e whakamakuku i te wā tino wera o te poutūtanga o te rā i ngā rā tino wera, engari he pai ake te ata pō, te ahiahi rānei, ina roa ake te wā e mimiti ai te wai i mua i te mimiti kaha. I ngā rā tino makariri, kāore hoki au e whakamakuku i te pō, kia maroke ai te oneone i mua i te hekenga o te pāmahana i te pō.

Te tuhi i te rā o ia whakainu kia kore ai e ngaro te ara.

He pukapuka iti taku e pupuri ana, ahakoa he mea tūturu, he mea rānei kei runga i taku waea pūkoro, e tuhi ana i te rā whakamutunga i whakamakuku ai ia tipu, ia rōpū tipu rānei. Mā tēnei pukapuka māmā ka kore e ruarua "i whakamakukuhia e au i tēnei wiki?", he hapa e tupu ngāwari ana ina tupu te kohinga i tua atu i ētahi tipu noa iho i roto i te rūma noho.

Ngā pātai kua pātaihia mai ki ahau mō te whakainu i ngā ōkiti.

Ka taea e au te whakamakuku i ngā ōkiti ki te hukapapa, e ai ki ētahi akoranga?
Kāore au e tūtohu ana i tēnei tikanga — haunga te ru wera ka pā ki ngā pakiaka e te wai tino makariri, kāore tēnei tikanga e kī taurangi i te makuku ōrite e tukuna ana e te rumaki, ā, he otinga watea ake tēnei, ehara i te mea tino pai mō te tipu.

Me pēhea taku mōhio mēnā kei te ruku wai ahau, kaua e nui rawa te wai?
Ahakoa kei te makuku tonu te oneone, tera pea he tohu kei te ngoikore te pūnaha pakiaka, ā, kāore e taea te mimiti i te wai — i tēnei wā, tera pea i tīmata te raruraru i te nui rawa o te whakamakuku i mua, ehara i te kore wai o nāianei.

I muri i te ngaromanga o taku ōkiti tuatahi nā te whakamakuku hē, ka mārama ahau he nui ake te hiranga o te manawanui me te mātakitaki i tētahi atu ture maramataka pumau — me whai ia tipu, ia taiao hoki tōna ake auau whakamakuku.