Recent content by Nelson Wong

Mixture. I usually soak my plants when there is a large amount and do not have time - I will get a 10 gallon container add fertilizer and soak plants each for about 15 minutes When I have time. I water over the sink each for about 1 minute. Mostly to flush out the salts from fertilizer...

Holy crow! that is STUNNINGGGGGG! I love the color and the strikes are so beautiful!

I tried to go on their website and it is no longer available and no one picks up my calls. Can any

I have a question - How to you manage to buy the orchids from the Japanese auction sites? I know I have to register using Buyee for international customers, but I haven't been able to bid on any orchids due to "This auction matches one of our prohibited item keywords, so we have blocked the...

I used to be an amateur mushroom grower and grew about 50lbs of oyster mushrooms in my parents guest bathroom and in their garden under a tarp using saw dust blocks, and oak and birch wood. This is just my experience - DO NOT use oyster mushroom spawn to raise CO2 levels. Oyster mushrooms...

I want to so bad! Ching Hua was been there since my dad started growing orchids. But I have to go to Chicago for work...

It has much more sukhakulii expressing that actual sugiyamanum. Honestly, would've thought it was a sukhakulii if not for the tag

Just a cute little flower. Really love the spots and the color

This I got from Dennis from flask and flora, bloomed 2 days ago, but the flower still seem closed My question for everyone is this - the flower doesn't seem to open fully like the others. Does it just take time for the petals to fully open?

Thank you! I will get some Merit! Gotta keep my plants alive! Almost all of them are doing well, except the ones hit by mealy bugs. I feel so sad cuz the leaves and flowers are damaged. Still glorious though! I can't image paph flowers can be 4 inches wide! It's insane!

I just changed the media 4 months ago, I might have to do that again

this plant is separated from all the other plants and I spray it with Bonide every 2 to 3 days. It hasn't had an mealy bugs in the past 2 weeks, so I am waiting for another 2 weeks to introduce it back to my greenhouse cabinet. What about it seems stressed? I do know it has 2 to 3 leaves...

Here is a Paph. King of Sweden I got from flask and flora. It was hit by a few mealy bugs several times throughout the bud developing, hence the damage and also the reason why it took 3+ months to bloom. But the colors are so pretty and the flower is huge! About 4inch across and 4inch dorsal...

This is the Black Gold potting mix I use. I modify it by adding perlite, lava rock, charcoal, bark, etc to make it more airy. I also do a sprinkle of 13-13-13 slow release fertilizer

I usually do a pinch in the media when I repot. When I say a pinch it is about half to 3/4 of a teaspoon. The media I use also has potting mix which already has some earthworm casing and slow release, which last for about 2 to 6 months depending on moisture level. I think the active bacteria...