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Mites are so incredibly tiny and breed like crazy. Not sure if you can even see them. Their damage leaves hundreds, even thousands of tiny marks on the surface of the leaves. Sometimes a bacterial or fungal disease will enter these tiny marks which cause discoloration. Some mites attack to top...

Oh my goodness! How cute is that?? I am going to nominate the parents for a CCE!!!!

This one seems to have minor alignment issues as well. Without going back to check, color seems richer. My only nit pick is on the right edge of the dorsal, about half way, there is little dimple or crease. Minor but noticeable. Again, might be under pointed.

Oh, that is really a pretty flower! 80 points huh? That is a little disappointing but so hard to tell exactly with an image on line. Segments do not line up exactly in a straight line but for me that is a minor deduction. I think the color is superior and I would have expected, with that flower...

A simple $38 light meter from Amazon that gives me a combined instant reading of not only foot candles but humidity and temperature as well, seems simple and easy. Plus I am dealing with recommendations for light intensity gathered from orchid books, lectures and periodicals from 1975 to 2008...

Oh Tom, it was my pleasure! Anytime.

Low light or medium shade, 800 fc Bright shade 1,00-1,200 fc Medium light for Oncidiums 1,800-2,000 fc Bright light 2,200-2,400 cf for compact Cattleya and others Bright(er) light for mature Cattleyas, the standard sized big guys, 3,000-3,200 fc Vanda light 3,500 fc + I am trying for 1,500 foot...

kman that is very pretty! If I had it sitting right in front of me I might see other things but as of right now. I find the color to be softer, yes, but harmonious! It would not be as nice for example with a dark pouch and a lighter dorsal and petals. The dorsal has a minor twist to it but is...

I think it comes down to doing the best that you can leading up to your absence. Then knowing that you have done that then just trust that they will be just fine.

Away for 2 weeks can present a problem. Personally 6-7 days is my limit. Even though I am retired, I could in theory, stay longer. But after three or four days of visiting someone, family or not, the conversation gets stale. That’s why I try to limit it to a 4 day maximum. So what do I do? Water...

I agree completely. 800 to 1,500 for the vast majority of slippers. The biggest two exceptions that come to mind are what I got used to calling ‘strap leaved Paphs. Roth’s, et.al way back when. Some growers claim that Cattleya like light is good for them. But I don’t grow a lot, just too BIG for...

Disappointing I guess. I wonder what the Creator had in mind when he or she created "thrips"???

Every time I see this particular hybrid I love the same thing over and over. In this breeding, I like the puffiness of the flower sure but I really enjoy the color at the flowers center. The soft pink pouch, the red bars of the staminode with that bright yellow central spot. I just find that so...

I don’t think that it is thrips. They are so small, so slender, and I can’t imagine them attacking leaves like that. I Think that a sucking insect like a thrip would not be able to penetrate the leaf surface. I dealt with them often in Florida. I have seen damage caused by them dozens of times...

Sounds good. I heard a lecture on these orchids while living in South Florida. I had not had much success myself up until then but darn if his ideas didn’t work!! Good luck going forward.

These guys are fairly easy to grow with a few basics. ALL Dendrobiums like to be tightly potted, the smaller the pot the better. For nobiles, do not cut back on water, with hold water entirely. The time to do that is when you see the smaller, terminal leaflet form at the top of the newest...

First time I remember some one posting that a plant was growing too well! 🥸🤔 All you need to do is to put a larger mount behind it and let it grow on to the larger mount. Or, make some divisions.

Last night a pork, green pepper sweet onion stir fry with Teriyaki glaze. I also do beef, shrimp and chicken stir fries substituting zucchini or yellow squash with either Teriyaki glaze or orange. I also do a wonderful sausage, onions and pepper Italian number that is either great as is or over...

Well that is comforting. So good to hear.

I would make sure that the entire growing area has decent air movement 24/7. I grow in a 15’ x 12’ room in a house that is a bit drafty. But during the day, I have 2, 20” oscillating fans that are set to low speed. The lights and fans are on timers. I water early in the day, never late. This...