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Thanks to all for your input on this.

Nigh time humidity is never below 80%. Dry weather generally 85%+. During extended wet weather, which we get many times each season...

Good question. Last night, with cloud cover and a warm front moving through the low was 55, from about 9:30 P.M. to 7:45 A.M. Clear...

Just warm it up, from my experience, and grow them out of this. I no longer grow any of these smaller species. I have the space and do...

Night low temperature of 50, and I try not to spend the money to heat a large greenhouse much at all on most winter days. So some...

The slang for this is "ensifolium crud", not a pretty term at all. Generally found in this species or hybrids with a high percentage of...

Yes, @BrucherT, I would love a piece of this if it is truly virus free. Older collected Cymbidium species that have been passed around...

My question is, how cool can one grow this hybrid? Frank Cevera says: "Primary habitats range from 1,100 to 2,000 meters (3,280 to...

Good stuff always sells out rapidly. I scored this fall late with three fine clones, after some back and forth over what was still in...

I'm sure not to be the only one who would love a photo of Aunt Judy's Cymbidium tracyanum, when that is possible. So many of the early...

Woodstream issues lists every spring and fall and one orders via email from these lists. Just contact them directly for a copy. Every...

I cannot claim to have nurtured her for most of her life, but one of the matriarchs in my collection is Paphiopedilum Rosslyn 'Pitt'S'...

In the late 50s my father decided that I would learn how to grow Cymbidiums. I still have a number of the early ones we got, from...

Sometimes just spending a few minutes with an interesting flower can help one get through the day. Or week. Or year. Hope you enjoy...

The color is still developing. Still hoping for some real orange. Yesterday we had zero sun, so its slow going.