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I would be careful with concolor given their huge range and altitudes from sea level to 1000M or more. Unfortunately it's difficult to...

I would like to know what the minimum winter temps in the myanmaricum habitat are... Most Burmese orchids I know can handle lowish temps...

I put it at more like 204.2 to 1.

I got myanmaricum and bellatulum to bloom about 4 years out of flask. It's really important to compot them like Charles has done and...

The batch I have is growing quite fast. Deflasked last fall - I'm betting 2 more years for a front runner

I did soak in the base in very dilute IBA/NAA for about 4 hours before putting it the bag.

I have read Xavier from @SelectOrchids recommending this a few times. I would like to know exactly what it does (apart from severely...

It's a pink emersonii which lost all it's roots and almost all the leaves apart from what you see. Will it survive? 🤣 Being such a rare...

I don't think it's a virus. I had similar issues with a majority of my plants this year and last year for some unknown reason. I have...

I believe they were damaged by the systemic spray but they are recovering Use imidaclorbrid for mealy bug

We also have to keep in mind that bark needs about 30-50ppm N/week (from memory) just to feed the microbes braking down the bark. That...

We can only do our best but remember that ideally these plants should hold their older leaves for years. This is not a niveum but a good...

It's definitely possible but if there is good root action throughout the medium that is unlikely. This is evidenced by the fact that Dr...

Does not seem like a salinity problem to me but I would suggest that repotting in September in the northern hemisphere is not so good.

What is the mechanism by which this happens Tom? I mean, why would the old leaves die before the others due to high salinity?