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heartwarming indeed! thank you so much for sharing. chicken soup for the soul.♥️

Welcome! Your story certainly resonates with me, as I'm in the midst of trying to figure out how to balance things while caring for an...

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...

What a great, fun question! I have two Paphiopedilum purpuratum, my favorite species, that I got as a kid about 14 years old (I’m 50)...

Since Dale mentioned his Paph. Rosslyn, I have to make a correction: my oldest Paph, for age, will be my Paph. Winston Churchill...

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'...

After giving it some slightly cooler conditions (min 12-15C) over winter it flowered on all growths (9) rather than one at a time (at...

I have a Dendrobium aggregatum I bought from Lager & Hurrel around 1977. I also have an encyclia of dubious ID that came in a mesh bag...

Here's the pic you've been waiting for.

21 spikes, 20 of them will bloom together.

Yeah, I'm at my limit. I don't think I can take care of this anymore.

Tnyr5 is well on their way... 😂 See the thread below. Post in thread 'Mexi in sheath at least'...

i once saw a pic from a forum or blog post of someone who mastered mexipedium culture that had colony that filled a kiddie pool. i don't...

Yay! I have a piece of that concolor and it has been doing great so far--4 new growths now. and that makes it the "oldest"...

I have a Ludisia discolor I got from a friend back in 2014 or 2015 I am still growing and a Paph rothschildianum I also got in 2014 from...