Recent content by richard.feldman48

Thanks for the responses. The media is a bark mix. I don't know the details .

I'm looking for some advice regarding a phrag - QF Akela, according to the label - that I got from Marlow Orchids about 3 1/2 years ago. It's gotten pretty big, at least in comparison to my other orchids - the leaf span is about 22 inches, the leaves are about a foot tall, and the flower spike...

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I flood the pot - filling it to the top and letting the water run out the holes an inch above the bottom. Rich

Thanks for the replies. Ray - it has been in the pot for about 9 months. Yes, the LECA was cleaned well. It is semi-hydro. I water twice a week, with the very low concentration K-Lite. I’ve assumed the problem was in what I was doing rather than a disease, but the photos made me question that...

Hoping someone can help me identify a problem with a phrag. It's labeled QF Angel wings (Phrag. Grande x Phrag. Incan Treasure). It's growing in LECA, fertilizing with K-Lite at very low concentrations (25 ppm), RO water. (Also, Kelpmax and Quantum Total. i.e, Ray's method.) I looked at the...

Thanks for your comments. Two more flowers coming and so far only one has fallen off. The colors in the photo are pretty accurate. More orange than red. To KateL - Yes, it is QF Akela (Eric Young x Rouge Bouillon), according to label from Marlow, where I got it. I guess it would have helped to...

Second time it has bloomed for me. More flowers than last year.

Just opened. There's second much smaller bud behind this one. Is that common? Rich

I'm hoping to learn what determines the curl in the dorsal. I have Paph. Graetrixianum that's quite pretty, but the dorsal is curled all the way back so that it touches in the back. It was pretty flat at first - I posted a photo on 12/8 - but has curled over the past couple of weeks. Does...

I wish I could take credit for "identifying" it. I ordered a gratrixianum and that's what I was told it was when I picked it up. I noticed the label when I took the photo yesterday. In my message earlier, I intended to put a frowning emoticon next to "Marlow", since it's such a good local...

No, I don't know the parentage. I got the plant from Marlow (:() last spring and learned about growing conditions but not parentage. Unfortunately, the label in the pot was wrong (or I mixed them up). It says "Paph. vejvaruntlanum x sib). Based on photos I found, that's clearly not right. Rich

Not quite fully opened

Thanks for the advice. I'll find a way to reduce the intensity to better levels. Rich

It's called Korona. It's at the App Store. There's an add-on for LEDs. And there's a website with some information. I'm no expert, so I can't add to what I said above about its accuracy. Rich