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I would like to find a plant of this old variety for sentimental reasons. Someone must still have it???

Looking for Lycaste skinneri (virginalis).

What salts or minerals leach out of charcoal when it is soaked in water?

Will single rootless Zygo back bulbs easily grow like cymbidiums?

Anyone have experience growing Lycaste skinneri type hybrids from flask or small seedling size?

I like to hear about the minimum temperature Phrags can withstand before tissue damage occurs. Anyone have firsthand knowledge?

Is there a magic distance from the bottom of the pot to locate the side drain holes

Anyone have experience with or information about a leca product sold as Geolite?

Hello everyone. After living in Peru the last 10 years with limited internet we have escaped back to California. I've been reading new posts the last couple months trying to catch up on the orchid world here. I'm not even close to catching up yet. 🫣

Well it's raining like Hell outside and I don't need to raise humidity. But I have time to read online and found the following interesting enough to copy the abstract here: Evapotranspiration from Spider and Jade Plants Can Improve Relative Humidity in an Interior Environment Eric W...

Alfredo Manrique is bringing a limited number of plants from Peru for sale to the AOS meeting in California on Oct 19th. He has asked me to let ST forum members know that he is taking pre orders. The large P. kovachii seedlings are a self cross of his 'Jessica' clone. Plant size is shown in...

8.4 µmol•m-2•day-1 PAR. Please can someone tell me approximately how this measurement converts to LUX or FC?

Here are a few of our Phalaenopsis plants that I've been experimenting with. Most have about 30" LS. I'm pretty happy with the results so far.

Oops he got busted! http://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20151031/281779922993750/TextView

There is some discussion about how roots take in nutrients on another thread, but a little off topic and distracting. So here is a place to discuss and argue about it. How roots take in nutrients is not really well know about orchids. Do non active roots take in nutrients? Do roots only...

This will make you sad but it is really worth looking at. Old Greenhouses :sob::sob::sob:

Does any one a source for heat tolerant Cymbidium plants?

I have 2 250w MH lights that Idont need any longer. These are not fancy units but they work perfectly. The reflectors are homemade. The balasts are separate and can be located remotely from the lights. I hung the two reflectors about 4 feet above the plants and they covered a 3' x10' bench...

A lot of members have been asking me for Dragons Blood. If you want some let me know either here of by PM. I'll be in Calif. next week and will have a limited supply available (first come, first served). If you have any questions I'll try to respond as quickly as possible.

I asked a friend in Sarawak if he had a picture of what he considered a healthy natural growing wild Paph plant. He sent a picture of Paph stonei that he took recently and said it is part of a new population he found. Look at the picture and you can see what a normal wild Paph looks like...