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I still have some in Safe-T Sorb: And some have been potted up: I don't think the little ones still in SafeT-sorb will catch up. Some were totally overrun by the moss and some just died. The large seedlings have done well. and are holding up well in lava rock. I held off on up-potting the...

The shift from free-flowering to fastest-growing is a productive change of subject. Maudiae The Queen is supposedly triploid and this could drive faster growth, explaining its more free-flowering habit. But that many complex Maudiae types behave much the same way would speak against triploid...

A good question. A plant that has no fixed blooming season but will flower whenever the new growth has grown enough to support a flower.

Hello, If anyone is repotting a Stanhopea this season, please keep me in mind for some backbulbs. I would like to experiment growing them under lights. No need to waste a division with with a strong lead. I want to try different substrates, mounting etc... so backbulbs are better option. Thanks

Hi all, I was having a conversation with a friend about the wonder of the new, modern free-flowering Catt hybrids and we got to speculating about whether any effort has been made to breed free flowering Paphs. P. maudiae "The Queen" was mentioned as one plant that would seem to flower freely...

I don't really know. Inbreeding can concentrate mutant alleles. To my mind crossing two of the best reduces the risk of homozygous bad alleles. But if the plant has been line bred through generations with strong selection against bad alleles any advantage from an outcross is too small to be...

I would sibling cross the best ones. There is slightly less chance of concentrating bad genes... Unless we know this one has already been through several rounds of welding and the bad genes have been weeded out.

Might be worth another round of selfing. They look very lovely.

That is a lovely flower. Sorry for you loss. I wish you good luck finding it again! What has been some what successful for me is to search Ebay with the cultivar name. It will likely turn up nothing but you can save the search and set a notification for Ebay to email you if it gets listed. I...

Tony, I think what you need is something like this: By having the shelving on wheels you can move the shelving closer together -- no center aisle -- and if you need to do something you then just wheel out the shelf you need. This is much how libraries archive books but for plants: P.S...

Those are good roots in IMG_0500 and the plant in IMG_0544 looks good. I like the pots you are using. The moss in IMG-0496 looks too dry. These can grow in full sun if kept suitably wet. So far so good. Good luck!

What is called java moss in the aquarium trade is actually several species. The java moss grown in Singapore turned out to be Taxiphyllum barbieri -- according to a Singapore bryologist in 2003 or so when the moss craze was taking off. Vesicularia dubyana ad it turned out had just been...

You could try something like Java moss. I grow it in my aquariums but it does grow emersed and am growing some around my orchids. It does not grow densely and remains airy. I used to grow Masdevalias in thick mounds of the stuff. It will need high humidity. You can buy it as algae free tissue...

I would think you don't want a moss species that would grow so dense that it could impede the flow of water into the substrate and through the pot.

I'm sorting it to size and use pieces about 1/2 - 3/4" in size. Larger chunks at the bottom, smaller chunks to the top. Those I have transplanted look to be happily sending out new roots. Time will tell... I punch a hole in the side of the yogurt tub about 1" from the bottom so there is a...