culture

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...

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...

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...