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Tom is currently a vendor at the Pacific Orchid Exposition in San Francisco. It on until Sunday. He is selling cutherbersonii and other interesting things. His website is up and running too.

Hello, Olaf Gruss sent me a small quantity of his books to sell at shows in North America. I am down to the last few copies of each. I have the following available at the following prices. 2x Phalaenopsis, The Genus in the World - $175 USD 1x Paphiopedilum Volume 1 - $125 USD 1x...

Hello everyone. I visited with Olaf at last months show in Dresden. He sent me home with a set of his Paphiopedlim books ( Volume 1+2) I also have copies of his Phrag book and his new Phalaenopsis book. This is a wonderful way to save on the overseas shipping. Prices are: Phalaenopsis...

Not this debate again... I have seen a lot of wild collected fisherii and schlimii (but never observed in situ). The two species are different vegatatively and in flower characteristics. To my knowledge, their ranges do not overlap either. Out of species in that group, (fischerii...

Do you know if they are still using that? I experimented with straight Grodan a few years ago and had favorable results.

That's not cordobae. Maybe vespertillio. Or a hybrid. But not many people make Dracula hybrids...

The pouch is wrong for Dalessandroi.

To bloom it, cool it down. Like really cold. Put it outside when nights are going to be 5-10 C. That will get it to bloom.

Me too, Sunday afternoon!

I've never seen anything like that. Could be light. If found andreettea to be relatively easy to grow. Kyle

I've got that picture somewhere. Are you looking for proof that they are three distinct species? Kyle

This is the best I can do...

The pouch on Dalessandroi is stubby. There are many populations of besseae, so you can't say that the pouch is always longer bad narrower. But there are few dal populations, so it's pouch shape is pretty consistent. The staminode of dalessandroi is missing the tooth.

Was the vendor from Villcabamba? When I lived in Ecuador and worked for ecuagenera, I had the opportunity to examine dozens of dalessandrois and hundreds of beassae. Below are some pics. Dalessandroi is the middle one. So far your plant looks like the real thing. Kyle

Where did you get it? Can you take a picture of the staminode and the leaves? Where have you looked? They're out there. Your plant looks interesting, the pouch has the right shape, but looks a bit off and ovary looks typical. Kyle