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Wow~ so many spiking multis!!
I love that tall very dark one and the roth (? the yellow with dark striped bracts), very cool looking.
Looking forward to them in open bloom.

What is the potting mix in that big white plastic pot?? rockwool and perlite?
 
The tall dark one in the back is a Wössner Black Wings, the one in the middle is a Shih-Yueh Eagle. There are five first bloom roths on the left and the taller rothy looking spike up front is a select St Swithin from Paph Paradise. Everything is in rockwool and perlite.
 
Thanks! I love it when people make a little effort to spell the name correctly with the umlaut.
Is that WBW a repeat bloom? I saw yours in bloom last year and it was quite something! I can't wait for mine to bloom and hopefully it is going to be acceptable to my beauty standard. lol
Any good roth out of those, I would love some pollen if you allow. ;)
So, with rockwool and perlite (do you mix 1:1?), how is watering done?
I've only ever tried rockwool on Catasetum/Cycnoches type, and they seem to stay wet forever, which those plants loved while growing in the summer.
 
And wait, do I see two spiking haynaldiaum or are those in the back lowii?
Sorry, too many questions but you have too many to ask about here. hahaha
 
That is a repeat bloom WBW but one I haven't posted pics of, I'll be sure to get good ones this year. You're welcome to pollen if you see anything you like, my plants had a bit of an off year last season with me working so much overtime so I don't plan to push them with breeding. That is a haynaldianum in the back, same one I posted recently on your thread.

My rockwool mix is about 1:1 and holds a good amount of moisture but it is also aerated well enough that I can water daily in the summer heat. In winter I water 2-4x weekly depending on how fast they dry, humidity is a struggle when the electric heat is running all the time.
 
Very nice collection!! Love the multis👌. Raingreens is the first time I see it, and is stunning
 
Springwater Orchids strikes again, this "roths × Wössner Black Wings" is clearly a PEoY. I can't be too mad because I love PEoY, but I've literally never bloomed out a Springwater plant that was true to name and it is definitely getting tiresome.
 

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Newly opened are roths 'Jungle Select' × ('Atlantis' × '426'), Wössner Black Wings, and the surprise PEoY.
 

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Nice dorsal on the roth. Exceptional pouch color on the PEOY. You have quite the orchid show going on in your grebe house!
 
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