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I think not. It is far too “open”, compared to any stonei I have seen. Yeah, stonei seems to have dominated the appearance genetics, but the upright dorsal and wide petals look to be roths”.

Sympodial plants seem to fall into a variety of growth categories. Some spread laterally and are often found on tree branches growing horizontally. Others are "climbers" and are seen growing vertically on the tree trunk or up a steep incline. Hybrids may-or may not carry on those traits.

Just like damned near everything else in orchid growing, I don’t think there are any absolute rules about potting. However, one must understand what is going on in the pot in order to make it right. The “big pot” concept comes from two angles - an epiphyte in nature is mostly unconstrained...

Fantastic!

Nope. Discontinued that years ago, even before I moved to NC. If I’m not mistaken, after the first 10-15 years in which I was the sole outlet of pre-drilled S/H pots, there was a guy near Charlottesville VA, that began doing so after viewing one of my orchid society presentations, but alas...

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Welcome from coastal NC

I agree with Tony. The question, it seems, is not which paphs are free-flowering, but which are fastest-growing.

LECA accumulates minerals and biofilm..It needs to be replaced periodically. What "periodically" means is highly variable.

Not "semi-peloric"; deformed.

Last time I saw him, Steve was using what I'd call a "medium/coarse" fir bark. After a year, there is no visible change in it at all, and that's the point. As roots grow, they "tailor" themselves on a cellular level to function optimally in that environment, and once they have grown, they...

Welcome from coastal NC

That’s just the same distribution map from the USDA.

That distribution map makes me wonder about the source of that info, or maybe its age. It shows it as being native. It could be that it was once found in NC, probably in coastal swamp areas. It’s remarkable how being near a large body of water moderates the temperatures. We live on a...

That is nothing short of spectacular.

I have used two - Inocucor Garden Solution, now sold as Synergro, I think, and Quantum-Total - but with good results and no negatives, other than the smell.

Welcome. What part of NJ? I have lived there 4 separate times, in Asbury Park, Linwood, Linwood again after a couple of years in England, then Jackson Twp.

When I had “the big freeze” in 1994, this was the first replacement plant, given tome by a friend’s father, who had collected it in Central America decades before.

Probiotics may very well help, but rather than picking a specific one and hoping it works, you’d do better to try a multi specific one with broader-spectrum effects.

The pathogen is in the immediate environment. Well, it’s likely in the entire environment around you, but if you periodically disinfect the shade house structure, benches and floor, and kill it in/on your plants, splashing rain drops will have less of a chance of spreading it back to the plants.