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I'm with Kman on the heavy watering. For a plant to gain about a pound of mass, it needs to collect and process about 5g of fertilizer...

More color today. I'm betting on another week of these short days to maximum:

The color is starting to develop. By now it is fairly clear this is a Paph. Dollgoldi:

We in the US are jealous.

Today:

In plastic pots this media is very different. My basic growing philosophy for most things (during the growing season of course) is that...

Today's picture: The identity will soon become clear.

I grow most Paphs up to 5" pot size in NZ Tree Fern using clay pots. Drainage is excellent and the media dries rapidly. Almost...

10 weeks ago: Today: Anticipation, anticipation Is makin' me late Is keepin' me waitin'

From Dale at Austin Creek Orchids. This is a Quintal Farms hybrid.

I was in a hurry this morning to finish the greenhouse chores before a winter storm arrived. With a nice fire in the house, getting wet...

Just starting to flower with lots of buds in the queue. This is (Andean Fire x czerwiakowianum). Or likely more correctly (Andean...

I'm biased after decades in the nursery industry. I strongly believe the rules set by a state as concerns bringing in plants should be...

I have used these for decades, generally for seedlings, setting the temp to between 75 and 78 degrees F, depending on the size and...

I can't say if this is or is not mute damage, but I can share something I used to do when growing Salvias for sale. If we had a...