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Welcome welcome welcome!!! You may find as many slipper media recipes as you find slipper growers. I basically use two recipes myself...

Yes, there is. These are somewhat forgiving plants. Just do not overdo the light or the temperatures. I try to never expose them to 85F...

I have had many walkeriana clones. Some are spring bloomers, some fall and a few bloom anytime they produce a new growth.

Thank you so much! This one that I am including has never been to judging and never been sent in to be identified. It may drive everyone...

You could correct color with a bit more nitrogen perhaps. How often do you fertilize? With how much? With what?

Paph. rothschildianum x Paph. philippinense is properly Paphiopedilum St. Swithin. Normally I would say yes, it is a bit too yellow...

Marco, Let me suggest joining the NGA, National Gardening Association. Easy to join, free and several forums there dealing with...

Oh, I totally missed that! Well to be honest, I rarely see them in a show when I am ribbon judging. If they were my Dracula’s in bloom...

You do not stake them. The inflorescences come out and go downward. That is just the way that they grow. Which is exactly why if you...

Walkeriana can actually bloom either way. It is my favorite all time species. I grow them under lights and in the summer my babies go...

Cattleya intermedia x Cattleya Suzanne Hye Purchased last year from Waldor at NCOS show. The flowers seem smaller than I remember (but...

Now I really would not say that. I think that you cant get an orchid, especially a "standard cattleya" to bloom exactly the same year...

Things might bloom often, IF, and that is a BIG IF, if you are able to provide the right conditions for them. Very little in orchids is...

You can do a lot of damage trying to untangle things. Just let nature run its course. Trying more water, better light and more...

Yeah, I know it’s a Complex, but I like it! I have a few Complex paphs, I bought in the 1990’s.