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Yes they do seem quite easy but this one took much longer than 1 year. I got the seedling in a weak state and had to nurse it a lot. There are 2 plants in this pot, the other one in bud and both have a couple of new shoots. Canhii is much slower than rung so far in my experience.

First flower

I use nutricote 15.8 - 3.9 - 7.8 on everything. (yes everything) It's probably all that is required but I do give the occasional liquid feed with either organic or hydroponic to some plants. Both liquids high K. I prefer the K to be around the same as the N. For a medium sized plant in a medium...

To complicated. Bark and charcoal or bark and pumice or just bark. My mix has gotten more and more simple over time. Now I just use bark and clay balls. Sometimes a sprinkle a bit of sand. Use the various grades to change water holding capacity. Trick is to grow them in small pots (roots a bit...

Magnificent! Did you grow it from a seedling? How old?

That grows more than a metre long.

What is your set-up? charlesworthii seem to be very willing to bloom at temp mins from 5 to 15C but they take 2 years to mature a growth in my experience. A beautiful flower by the way!

Ok I had a look. I think it's a lot of rubbish. This is nothing remotely like gratrixianum. I will call it sulivongii. :)

First and foremost...patience. Lots of heat without rest when they are young. A good long rest and quite dry when they are mature and dormant. Not as much water as armeniacum when they are growing. At least 50% nitrate for most of the year. A fan 24/7 all year.

I had one. It was a strong plant but that was when I didn't know what I was doing so I stupidly killed it.

Since when did this become a gratrix?? I thought it was a species or a variety of barbigerum. I have a couple near flowering size. They have thick succulent leaves and they grow on limestone I believe.

So which should be the pollen parent?

I don't go for hybrids but I like the look of this one. I have both in flower now so maybe......

Yep. I learned this the hard way...twice! Had 3 now have 1. Dianthum is similar too I think.

Not that I've noticed.