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  1. Cach26

    My cultivation of Slipper Orchids in temperate climates (Venezuela)

    Hello everyone, I am writing this thread to explain a little my particular way of growing Lady Slippers. I have bought several plants to collectors of years, and producers, and in all I have noticed something very common, a deficient root system, small and suffocated. This goes hand in hand...
  2. Cach26

    Tips for Making a Semi-Terrestrial Species Greenhouse 101

    Hello everyone, Happy Growing :D I want to make a greenhouse (not to sell plants, but to generally improve my growing). But I've never made one XD, of course, I'm not going to hire a company because there's no ticket XD. However I have gotten materials to make the structure like bamboo and...
  3. Clark Thomas Riley

    Earliest mid-Atlantic Cypripedium

    Cypripedium season has begun in the Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore, Maryland). For me the first one up every year is Cypripedium formosanum. Should be in bloom by mid-April. It has been reliable grower here for about 5 years, planted in a raised bed beneath arborvitae trees. Soil was amended with...
  4. Cach26

    Tips for Growing Paph Bellatulum, Niveum and Rothschildianum

    Hello everyone, happy growing! I want to buy some Paph Niveum and Bellatulum (Species) in the future. But I really don't know if my growing conditions are adequate, I live in a country with a tropical climate :D Night Temperatures of 18C (64 F) and Day Temperatures of 25C (77 F) I grow Lady...
  5. Ernesto

    Rust-colored spot on Phrag. Besseae leaf

    Today I noticed this rust-colored spot on one of my Phrag. besseae’s leaves. Two weeks ago I noticed smaller spots around the base of the plant, which I suspected to be some sort of rot due to being potted up too high with sphagnum moss. I took the moss out and put dragon’s blood on the...
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