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Hi, I purchased this one a while ago and it has finally flowered. Just wanted to check with the experienced growers if this is named correctly. Dorsal W-26mm L-61 Petals - 360mm Sepalum W-27mm L- 53mm Happy for any feedback on names and reasoning. Happy also to provide anymore information if...

Hangys are slow and warm growing. That is why flasks cost a fortune.

Intersectional crosses are the first step towards breeding multis with 4-5 flowers and lots of bright vibrant colours. Keep an eye on that breeding, although some could be end of line breeding - sterile. Long term, I wonder how much line breeding is going on with sanderianum and anitum. If...

It is a sad fact that orchids are mislabeled all the way through the supply chain, from breeder, lab, distributor, nursery, retailer to the end user. Hybrids can turn out far different to what is expected. Sometimes orchids are deliberately mislabeled by labs or distributors to make sales...

They look terrific. There is not enough randsii around and it can be difficult well done.

Nice plant and flowers. Kew looks after species names, and lists anitum as a variety of adductum. So Paph adductum var. anitum. RHS does not listen to Kews advice and looks after hybrid naming. RHS names gigantifolium X anitum = Wössner Giganitum, while gigantifolium X adductum = Haur Jih Lucky

I agree entirely with this. I ran a fertilizer trial many years ago using a K-Lite equivalent fertilizer over many different genera, and they all had different results. Cattleyas were out of control, hard cane dendrobiums new growths was too soft and collapsed in our hot weather. I stopped the...