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Psychopsis papilio var. aureum with both spikes in bloom together plus a third spike well on its way & a new growth starting out 😍 The two spikes usually play tag team where a flower bud on one spike starts to open as the other one starts to wilt. Bought it was a large seedling in early 2020...

I might have shared it before. When I go away for over 2 weeks at a time, I put my orchids (and any other plants) in large semi-clear/clear plastic thrash bags (13gallon bags work for most for me although I have used even larger bag). I have done this for many vacations I took over the years and...

1. Barbara Larkin (armeniacum ‘Birchwood’ FCC/AOS x Fumi’s Delight ‘Barbara Ann’s Butterbowl’ AM/AOS) I bought a smaller seedling from Windy Hill Gardens a few years ago. Has been a good grower and readily produce buds but they blasted each time and i never got to see the flower yet. Beautiful...

I am selling both of my Shun-Fa Golden (hangianum x malipoense). One plant has bloomed twice with very large strongly scented (sweet citrus). It has a new growth that should bloom in about one year. Here's the link to this plant in bloom. Great roots. Asking price is $200 plus shipping $20. SFG...

So, maudiae type typically needs 7-9months to mature while multis take shorter at 4-5. For a cross of the two, how soon should one harvest the pod?? Half way of the two? Err on the longer side?

It is a cross of micranthum & Mem. Hirohisa Kawai. The brachy parent is mostly bellatulum in its genetic makeup. This plant was purchased in 2016 as a large seedling. Bloomed for the first time in 2017. Right from the start, it threw two three new growths and would bloom anywhere from 1-3 times...

Finally this baby is spiking!! Anyone who has photos of parents of this cross Paphiopedilum malipoense (‘Dark Stripes’ x ‘Woo Dark’), please share. Bought at Piping Rock’s last summer sale in 2019 as a 4inch small plant. Was hoping it would stay more compact than my other ones but the average...

A good grower & bloomer with five previously bloomed growths (there are a couple more dead growths with old dry spike) and two new growths in low spike and two smaller new growths. Please know that the bud in the very first photo is broken off after the photo was taken, but there are two growths...

Laelia purpurata var. sanguinea ‘Hot Nights’ AM/AOS just opened!! Doesn’t actually look like the named clone but beautiful nonetheless 😍 Flowers are nicely scented. This species can easily carry 4-5 flowers but I’m happy with 3 as the plant was terribly neglected last year. Widowsill grown...

I'm looking for a fragrant, large, well shaped malipoense with a compact growth habit for making outcross with mine, which has huge leaves and huge fragrant flower. Even if not fragrant, any decent flower on a compact plant is what I'm looking for.

The website was lasted updated in March 2022. Does anyone know if they are still up and running? Has anyone bloomed their Greta Kooiker and its backcross to parishii? How about their stonei selfing??

I picked up two plants of (thaianum x concolor) last year. They have grown larger than I want with a small flower at 2inches across. To my surprise, it has a strong lemon scent that can be felt a few feet away from the plant. 😍 The scent is there day and night. The other plant is not yet in...

This 10 year old Paphiopedilum wenshanense var. aureum started to grow in two opposite directions for some time now with the oldest growths in the center long gone. Earlier this year two new growths started to grow filling the “bald spot” up😁😍 It currently has one bud ready to open and two seed...

In the earlier part of the day, Sedirea japonica graces the air with its sweet spicy (citrus, clove/cinnamon, plus more) scent. It has a basal keiki coming!😁 As the day starts to wind down, the sweet jasmine/gardenia/cookie dough/cake mix scent of Neofinetia falcata takes over the air space. 😍...

Let’s see if this one will make it. Then, the other plant that blasted its bud near the final stage is sending out a new growth at its base and one stolon poking above the potting mix. Something tells me there might be more stolons trapped inside the pot.

Do the seeds from different genera of orchids keep better/longer when kept under refrigeration? Let's start with Paphs since this is Slipper Forum. :) Also, more specific question is that I accidentally found a paper envelop full of dry seeds of Neofinetia falcata from at least 4-5 years ago...

This is the best one out of a few I have bloomed. The flower is very big at 5in wide (over 6 when forced flat). I wish the petals were as flat as the dorsal. Oh, well... There is a gentle sweet scent. I'm tempted to make a super Delrosi 😁

Is it easy to find plant grow lights/LED lights, shelving units, orchiata of different sizes...Or would it be better to bring my own stuff with me as much as possible?

This topic might have been raised in the past and the responses were mainly "don't do it" "can't do it" "hard to do it".... Please only comment if you have or know of where and who to contact to find information on the matter. This is on an individual hobbyist level and not on a commercial...

A primary hybrid with patterns on the leaves is much easier guess, right? 😁