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Professor Braem (longifolium x schlimii var manzurii) according to the RHS. The name is most likely correct. The shape of your Professor Braem is nearly identical to Phrag Sedenii. Or in the range of variation I've seen in Phrag Sedenii, I would expect manzurii to be quite similar to schlimii...

Without provenance, you really can only say: "Phrag hybrid", it is clearly a hybrid. My guess would be Grande, but it would not be correct to just stick a name on it, you need the provenance to label it as the hybrid. Its nice though.

Orchid Fever by Eric Hanson is more or less "pretty true", I knew a few of the tangential characters, the book more or less has it correct. As to the Heritage Foundation story about George, eh, not so much.

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One of the reasons I faded away is at the time Slipper Talk would not host images. You had to post your images to a 3rd party or other website, then load the URL to display your photo. I used to host my images on my website, but I lost my "Front Page" program I had used to build the site. I have...

On my trip to Hausermann's, I picked up Lysudamuloa Red Jewel 'Sweet Baby', a pretty nice flower in bloom in a 4 inch pot. Also picked up Masdevallia Ilia Lin (wagneriana x barlaena)

As "eds" said, yes but not as efficient. Don't increase fertilizer concentration to compensate for the plant's lower absorption efficiency. Keep fertilizer on a regular schedule, and keep it dilute. Work on keeping roots. Get rid of slugs and other root tip eating pests. Often root tips are...

Thanks. Got distracted for a while. A recent visit to Hausermann's got me fired up again. Not about any particular orchid, just reminded me of my fascination.

That is very nice, congratulations David.

Been away a while. I hope to be back here more regularly. I realized quite a number of my friends hang out here. Leo

To me this looks like a natural hybrid or a population with significant gene introgression. (wardii x venustum) or (suhkakulii x venustum). The resemblance to wardii or suhkakulii is much stronger than the resemblance to venustum. Whether a natural hybrid or a natural species, I don't know.

Moustache philippinense x St Swithin one possibility

NOTE: While rain water, or RO quality water is ideal. This would be water that is less than 100 ppm total dissolved solids, you can to some degree grow sensitive plants in medium and hard water by keeping them wetter. As media approaches dryness, the salts in the water get concentrated in the...

I've been growing Phrags since 1990, and I still keep them in trays of water through the entire year. Even Phrags potted in sphagnum are in shallow trays of water. Water in the saucers and trays gets changed every time I water, usually every 5 to 7 days.

Both are quite nice

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I have had several Paph insigne of different provenance. One is exactly like this. I managed to get it and an exul to bloom side by side. Then the differences are obvious, but I can see how confusion would arise. This is clearly insigne.

Flower quality in complex Paphs has a very large degree of dependance on culture. I had a division of Hellas 'Westonbirt' FCC/RHS the old standby. As a one or two growth division in a 3 inch or 4 inch pot the flower was a real yawn. Not very good. Then I saw Warton Sincler's division of Hellas...

Much better than one I have of similar breeding from Nick Tanachi. This one is pretty good. Awardable? don't know, but it is nicer than mine from a similar cross.

Your first one, the grand champion is outstanding. I love it. Your second one, has 2 things going for it. It does grow well, and it is a roth. Fine for a houseplant, you can move it on to others without feeling guilty. You can say it has better than average vigor, but the flower is only...