A species found in northern South America, growing near rivers on granite outcrops, ridges and boulders with small pockets of soil. Grows from sea level to 1500 meters of altitude ..read more

I’ve probably lost about six plants over the course of this year to this form of rot. It’s fairly slow to develop but eventually kills the plant. It usually starts on a new growth, often as the bulb is developing. We are fairly low on chemicals In the UK compared to others. Anybody hazard a guess as to a cure? All I can do at present is cut the plant rhizome as soon as I see it but it rarely stops it. The rot seems to have travelled through the plant before symptoms develop. David ..read more

Life has kept my participation in the forum low for several weeks. Thankfully my orchids have persisted and produced all the same. Here is a group picture of my brachy collective in early April. From left to right: bellatulum, thaianum #1, nivuem var. album, thaianum #2, Susan Wedegaertner ..read more

One of the easiest orchid to bloom ..read more

im curious if anyone has had petals that form/grow weird as a result of having directional light on the plant when it is in bud? I think this waving flower is because I turned the plant slightly before opening and the light was coming strongly from one side. but, let us know if you think that could be the cause or if it is just how the flower bloomed ..read more

for comparison and your viewing pleasure. finally opened up after like 6 months in low bud! slow and steady wins the race, I guess . grown in semi-hydro ..read more

Hi guys/gals/whomever! I've been growing a TC Cypripedium Acaule for about 3-3.5yrs now. It's done great, until it's pot was roughly disturbed by a family member and it's leaves rotted. Roots are healthy, white, and chunky. So I repotted it and freshened up it's substrate. I'll need to reacidify it tonight. But I've been trying to grow other, non-acidic, woodland cypripedium with no success. I had one glimpse of success with parviflorum, left for a vacation with my tenant to water it... Read more ..read more

Renanthanda Yuthawong Beauty ..read more

I came across a picture of Neofinetia falcata 紅天瞳 (Koutentou) on a website, and it has peachy color flower with pink tip and spur. Is it a naturally occuring Neofinetia variety or a man-made hybrid (breeding pink flower Neo with yellow flower Neo together)? I am just curious if any breeding has been done between color-flower clones.. such as (pink x green), (yellow x pink), etc etc.. and what the offspring will look like? Or are neofinetias reluctant breeders and even selfing the flowers... Read more ..read more

Ciao a tutti, mi chiamo Sergiu e sono nato nel 93 . Vivo in Italia e ho iniziato a crescere nel 2020 ho comprato un po' di tutto.. adesso ho la soluzione per paphiopedilum e Phragmipedium. Ho un totale di 500/600 piante tra cui 200/250 paphiopedilum e Phragmipedium che coltivo solo con led. A inizio 2024 ho cominciato anche a seminare in cappa a flusso lamine per ora ho un bel po' di fiaschi madri che farò bisogna dividere. Grazie per avermi permesso di iscrivermi e spero di imparare molto... Read more ..read more