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Typically you will find me strongly in the “repot every 2 years camp”! I firmly believe that and preached it for decades. But, things have changed overtime. Now I take more of an “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it approach. If the plant looks good, blooms well, why disturb it? THE BIGGEST THING I...

You have two kinds of mites. Spider mites and False Spider mites. You do not always see their webbing. That last image you showed displays what I have always believed it to be, mite damage. You can see it easily in my opinion. So many clones of gigantea have a certain amount of a gray-green...

I just checked the Saint Augustine Orchid Society and it’s web page item on pests and diseases which is top notch information that is up to date. Fusarium wilt enters through the root system of various orchids and the exact cause is undetermined. It could be because of excessive moisture in...

If you like yellows through orange to dark orange along with lots of red spots, let me recommend Bc. Hoku Gem!!

Just how recent is recently? A week, ten days, two weeks. Or a month? Your mini Phals are in shock!! They are in trouble. They need TLC immediately. The pot they are in is way too big, perhaps a 2 1/2” pot with a fine grade media mix of charcoal, perlite and kiwi bark. Or a pot with moist...

You really had me with the title there Leslie. I thought I would see a man with stubble on his chin!!!! 🤣 :p:p But no, just another pretty orchid. Very nice!

Very very nice!!! Orpetii has proven to be a wonderful parent as well. By the way, your finger looks good as well!!! 🥰 :p :p Great plant there gonewild!!!!

We had a talk yesterday on Vanda falcata yesterday from Mr. Duane McDowell of Minnesota. I had been anxiously awaiting this presentation since last June when he brought 8 plants to judging. Here are three from June 2023. I sat there for over a half hour and I am still bewildered and befuddled...

Mushrooms are NOT a problem. The mushroom that you see is the 'fruiting structure' of a fungus. From those mushroom caps, "spores" are released which is how mushrooms reproduce. They are fungi. Fungi feed on dead and decaying organic material. Not live roots, not live leaves and so on. Mushrooms...

As I mentioned before. It depends upon your knowledge and experience with growing Paphiopedilums. If you have none or very little of both, your general success will be impacted to some degree. Then you mention “that they need to capture your attention, or you lose interest”. If that is remotely...

Now this is a hybrid that I have grown a few times before. Honestly I did not have any real success with any one or 5 or 6 clones.

There probably are some that bloom that often providing the culture given them by you is good. There are very few "automatics" in orchid growing. You learn from experience as to what conditions you can provide and then match orchids with those conditions. We orchid growers could recommend great...

In my experience, if properly grown, delenatii is almost always doing something. The 'key' is obviously 'happy' or properly grown. In my first 28 years in a greenhouse on Long Island, I did not have a whole lot of success with Brachy's. I think in looking back, my greenhouse was terribly...

Natural spread is natural spread. You can not flatten the flowers. All other segments can be gently flattened or pressed against a ruler in order to get a more accurate measurement.

Okay Ray. You convinced me. Prior to bringing all of my plants back inside in mid September I will contact you regarding mealy bug control.

From my point of view as a judge, the 7 flowers are a great accomplishment! No doubt about it. So when Ozpaph suggests better arrangement may have meant more points, that is likely true. As they present on the inflorescence they seem crowded. That is a negative. Look at the lips, wonderful color...

Over the years I have found niveum, concolor and delenatii amongst the easiest to grow and flower. Even under lights they do well. But in short order it becomes hard to keep the mealy bugs off of them. Leucochilum, bellatulum, godefroyae grow fairly well for me as well, but are slightly more...

Well, the one thing I can say is that many times orchids suffer from the disturbance created by repotting them. However, most would agree that in the long run, for so many orchids, we need to repot them for their long term health. So some reluctance to repot does happen. But trading off a few...

Now, there is something that you don’t see every day!!! Very nice.