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I visited Natt’s Orchids in January for my birthday and got the chance to look through their available phrags. Many of them were acquired from Orchid Inn, and I was lucky enough to find this one in spike and for an excellent price. Tucked behind their tag was one of Sam’s, with notes on the...

I find the “cleft chin” pouch of some individuals of this species to be really charming. Does anyone have previously bloomed plants with this cleft pouch that they’re looking to let go of? The photo attached is not mine, but is listed here as an example of what I’m looking for:

I’ve grown this plant for 2.5 years now and it decided to reward me for my efforts with two buds on one compact growth. One flower is open now and while it’s a small one the pouch is dark, petals horizontal, and dorsal sepal fairly wide. I’m happy with it and currently debating snipping the...

Another attempt at alba multifloral hybrids. This time it’s an alba Brachypetalum hybrid as the pod parent pollinated with my Saint Swithin with philippinense alba as a parent. Pollination happened 10/13/22, pod was harvested May 2023 and sown 6/1/23. I saw germination mid-July, then I...

Picked this seedling up at the Illinois Orchid Society show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I’ve never heard of the clonal name ‘Tildy Babuska’, and a google search couldn’t get me any results either. Is anyone familiar with this plant? The tag also seems to have some info identifying the flask...

Hi all, starting a thread here to document the progress of my first successful germination of Phrag seed— after getting a tip from a friend that Phrags like to germinate at a pH of at least 6, I pH’d a batch of media to 6.3 before autoclaving and BAM, I got my first Phrag protocorms! Borne from...

Hi all, I’ve lived in NYC now for a bit over two years and have been blessed with great city tap water. Come this August, I’ll be moving to Chicago for my PhD studies and will (hopefully) make the move safely with all of my, as well as my partner’s, orchids. Does anyone here have any tips or...

Coming up on five months post flasking of this seedpod, Paph. Jennifer Stage frma. alba (godefroyae x philippinense) x leucochilum frma. album. I’m expecting albino flowers from this weird backcross of an intersectional Paph hybrid (Polyantha x Brachypetalum) crossed back to Brachypetalum...

Hi all, I’m looking for a nicely shaped Paph. Pinocchio (or similar cochlopetalum hybrid), particularly with a white or near-white pouch. I already have a cute yellow Paph. primulinum, and I’d really like a nice almost white sequential bloomer to accompany it. 🙂

I want to make a Paph hybrid that looks like a white rothschildianum. To get there, I figured I needed a way to get a roth shape, a way to wipe out anthocyanin, a way to wipe out carotenoids, and a way to wipe out chlorophyll. I think there are many ways to do this, and this is the first route...

I’ve been a die-hard fan of K-Lite since I started growing orchids in 2020, getting consistent growth and flowers over the past few years. However, mixing fertilizer up in a bucket and dunking one plant after another has proven to be a time intensive task— 4 hours on a weekend morning! I grow...

I finally got my sterile technique down and recently sowed my first Phrag seeds from the following crosses on P668 and coconut water: (schlimii x manzurii) x self longifolium var. album x pearcei pearcei x longifolium var. album I have a few questions regarding germination. When can I...

I bought this plant from @orchid527 back in June 2020 when I was first getting into keeping orchids. After nearly two years it has become a clump of a plant and decided to flower! The first one came out kind of funky but this second one is really lovely to look at.

Second time flowering this plant. I like it, even though it threw a funky flower. I suspect I was underwatering when it was opening, I think I was out of town that weekend.

For National Orchid Day I attempted to make a display in my bedroom with all the slipper orchids I have in bloom right now 🤪 from left to right: Phrag. longifolium var. album, Paph. Deperle (delenatii fma. Dunkel x primulinum fma. purpaurascens), Paph. niveum var. album, Phrag. Columbianum...

I’ve read a bit on the use of aquarium water for watering orchids and the general consensus I’ve seen is that it is no substitute for fertilizer. However, what about its use as a base for fertilizer to be added to? In a heavily planted, cycled tank, I’d assume that NPK values would be quite low...

Paph. Payakka Kodkod (concolor x thaianum) purchased in-bud this past summer (July 2020): Same plant, bloomed again January 2021 while carrying a seedpod: Thoughts? When it was blooming the second time around the petals were so cuppy that they needed a little nudge to allow the flower to...

I’m really happy with this one’s shape—wide, flat petals. There’s a slight deformation of the pouch on its side that I’m hoping will correct itself on the next flower. The peachy color is really pleasant, too. 😌

I pollinated this Paph. Payakka Kodkod (concolor x thaianum) with pollen from Paph. Chou-Yi Rookie (rothschildianum x thaianum) back in mid-July. It looks like the seedpod is beginning to change from green to yellow to slight brown. Is it ready to harvest? Do you have any tips for harvesting...

I bought this Phrag. Super Rubies from Ecuagenera this past spring as a three growth plant. Since then it’s produced three new growths, which started out green, but as growth has progressed stopped producing chlorophyll. The leaves appear to be continuously growing, though. What could be the...