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Oh, my oldest orchids, nothing more then a few Cattleya walkeriana clones the I purchased in Florida in 2009 and 2010. Both were...

I have only been seriously expanding my collection and orchid knowledge for the last 2-3 years, but prior to that I really liked orchids...

Oldest of any orchids I have are dendrobium phalaenopsis type hybrid and an oncidium (or whatever the intergeneric name is now) wildcat...

well that's freakin awesome because my oldest plant is a L. rubescens that i ALSO obtained from Great Lakes orchids in 1987...

The oldest ones I can remember for sure are a Paph. concolor (circa 1975) that I obtained from Great Lakes Orchids. The other is a Paph...

I was given my first orchid in 1971. Killed it, of course, then got focused on learning how to grow them, buying a Paph Almum (barbatum...

A first blooming seedling. Plant condition is weak, 3 pieces of leaves in about 15 cm length. I think it will be better next time. Keep!

Since I have moved my collection from zone 7 on Long Island to 10 in Southwest Florida, certain orchids could not take the heat or the...

i am only a few years into this hobby and have killed a lot along the way. now that i'm getting the hang of it i have a lot of reverence...

Here is a division of my clone 'Ellis's Emeralds' CCM/AOS

Thanks all! I will respond to the questions about my flask process later. It is exciting to hear others are trying to grow out flasks...

I have two matted and framed, limited edition Vietnamese orchid (Paph. delenatii and Cym. lowianum) prints that I will "lottery off" to...

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Again, this is the first to bloom. there will be more to follow. Butterscotch Leopard = (Hop Butterscotch 'Deerwood' HCC/AOS X Mary's...

This is the first to bloom. I got only about a half dozen viable plants from the cross. Tiny Linda = Little Linda X thaianum. Little...