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Just got a copy of Averyanov's Slipper Orchids of Vietnam. Really fascinating book, full of useful information about geology, geography, and climate, as well as discussions of the species found in Vietnam, as well as the other plants found growing with them. Money well spent

I take care of plants in hotels. Every time someone asks me how/when to water their plants I tell them about the "Pencil Trick": Take a sharp pencil (or wooden skewer) and stick it in the pot so the point is about half-way down. Wait five minutes. Pull it out. If the tip is damp, don't water...

Lots of plants that are classified as terrestrials actually grow in detritus and cruft on the ground, their roots never penetrating. More like humus epiphytes. Of course, I don't grow Lycastes, so I could be talking utter bollocks.

Like the title says, I'm looking for a division/back prop of this clone. There's very few hybrids I'd like to have. This is one. Life's short, and I'm old, so I'm going to indulge myself.

As the title said, looking for a division or back propagation.

Nice. How big is the foliage?

Oh, that's nice!

Well, I give my Cardinale and Sedenii direct sun all morning, until about 1PM in the summer (in the Philadelphia area - latitude matters!). Doesn't seem to burn them, and then they get reasonably bright light in winter, under artificial illumination (but I've never measured intensity).

Steve is a good grower. And a funny guy. One of the bits of old-timer lore is that Paphs grow best the first year after potting, and flower best the second year. My take-home is that if you want to grow up a plant, repot every year. If you want maximum flowering performance, repot every other...

One of the things that happens is that if the parents are quite different genetically, there are only a few viable genetic combinations, so you don't get a broad spectrum of traits in the offspring. If the parents are quite similar, then most combinations are viable, so you can get a broader...

Given that it looks so much like a Paph delenatii, I'd try for cool, somewhat dry winters, warmer, wetter summers.

I'd just either put them on some milled sphagnum moss, or take some unmilled sphagnum, pack it down, and put them on that.

I'll be there Friday.

That's a really nice photograph! Pretty flower, too.

Check out the ultrasonic fogger from House of Hydro. You can go waaaay overboard with what they offer, as well as find something just right.

Good color!

FWIW, Mine grows intermediate, but very moist conditions. It is a weed.

I use 50%, I think, for my shade "cage". Some paphs (roth types, brachypetalums) get no shade, just full sun from morning to around 1pm. Phrags, too. Philadelphia suburbs.

Sure looks like Vanguard. I have a Bill Wilson remake of that cross.

Echinolabium is pretty cool - massively tall flower, bad smelling, attracts flies like other bad smelling things, what's not to like. That said, I got mine from Carter and Holmes, more than a decade ago.