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FINALLY got my first bloom! Many of thanks to all for the suggestions.

Tony, you were correct in being close to being blooming size. I followed your tips and just noticed its first bud. Fingers crossed I get a flower. Thank you for taking the time to respond with suggestions.

I've been growing paphs for a few years and have limited growing locations. They are mainly close to an unobstructed north window where I've successfully bloomed a delenati. Hsinying grows well there, but refuses to bloom, grrr....... Regardless, a person getting out of paphs gifted me several...

Beautiful!!! I'm newer to paphs and was just given one of these with multiple divisions from a person who was culling their collection. Praying I can get it to live and dare I dream; bloom? Any words of advice for a newbie??

New growths in one area. It seems to be happy. We'll see if it pushes out any more variegated offsets past the two it has. The variegation is just on two new offsets on one side of plant, nothing showing up on mother plant. I messaged Hausermann's to see if they had any thoughts on lineage...

Purchased above named plant 2018 from Hausermann’s Orchids. Plant was solid green when purchased as shown in photo. Kind of forgot about/didn’t pay much attention to it. Kinda noticed different leaf on offset last year. Took a good look at it yesterday and has two offsets from middle of plant...

I was not keeping mine sitting in water. Just pouring water through often. Figured media would break down too quickly and/or end up with rot. Semantics/definitions aside, I was considering placing the phrag in a pot (no media) with either A) only most distal 1/4 of roots in water for cycle of 5...

I have have transitioned a phal very easily to full water culture. I was lucky and plant acted like transition never happened. Researched my phrag pearcei 'Green Godess' a bit and wondered if it might be happy in either semi or full water culture? Has anyone tried their phrags this way and how...

Thank you so much for tips! I did repot last year as medium was looking a bit sad, but not terrible. I'm thinking of moving it to just off side of SW window that gets dappled light through trees outside, a bit more bright/indirect (watching closely) to see how it responds. Anyone know if/how the...

Thanks! I guess I'll be looking them up and see what the cultural differences are between the "normal phals" and this little guy are. He's missing something, because he's grown roots, but otherwise not changed size in nearly four years!

Interesting. I could have sworn that tag had said he was a paph. Back when I got him I was killing phals, but able to grow paphs. Sacrificed a lot of plants to the god of compost in the beginning. Hmmm...if he's a phal, odd that he's not happy as all the other phals by him are thriving. My luck...

Picked up this little NOID years ago at Hausermann’s Orchid show in Chicago. Maybe from there or Fox Valley Orchids; unsure. Lost his tag, so seeking help in ID. He’s surviving, but not growing; never bloomed. Sits in north window, watered weekly with fish tank water and occasional...

Haven't had good luck with catfish other than the usual corys. Had a pictus once and he proceeded to eat several of his tankmates.

Interesting. You think grower mislabeled? I'm pretty diligent about marking my orchids. Actual pot gets marked as soon as home in case tags fall out/get misplaced. I checked and tag/pot of non bloomer (second photo) both say Hsinying?? I will swap tags/relabel if you are sure. Water like every...

Freshwater

A tale of two paphs- have a Hsinying cross (on L) & delenatii Destiny cross (R) both sitting in North window. Both plants I’ve had for 3+ years. Both get a good soaking once a week with water from hubby’s 125 gal fish tank & occasional fertilization. (All my orchids seem to love that water)...