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Ask Ecuagenera? Besseae is a tough one. The rock surfaces they like support little to nothing else. Nearby? As in in the jungle immediately near the cliff surfaces? Stellis, Epidendrum, Pleurothallids, and some non orchid types like Anthurium and begonias. Kovachii is easier and that...

Would you consider perlite and lava to be inorganic? I use both with very good results.

You can! It is not difficult...

And please let’s not forget about the obvious ethical issues in the judging system that call into question many awards. Peer review helps address some, not all, of the glaring ethical deficiencies and problems with AOS judging. Then we can move on to the obvious lack of adequate knowledge on the...

I am happy to report that the Orchid Digest has given me permission to post my articles on Academia.edu. Here is the link to the schlimii articles. As always I am happy to discuss. Frank Cervera - Academia.edu

Olaf, I was at Ecuagerna when Kyle did this analysis. He used plants at the Ecuagenera nursery that were labelled as dalessandroi. The analysis you refer to is based on plant tags in the pots at Ecuagenera. Ecuagenera has mislabelled and sold so many different things over the years as...

Ecuagenera are famous for mislabelling plants. I have a few expensive divisions here of some of their plants and surprise, they are hybrids or mislabelled. They make good on the money I paid, however they are notorious for mislabelled and incorrect plants. Based on my experience, 50% is about...

Phragmipedium is a huge problem for Kew, especially on the hybrid side. We need to unpeel the onion ourselves and understand what we have and what we are buying. Kew registered "Zapatilla de la Virgin", which is identical to "Stairway to Heaven". After the name change from wallisii to...

Back when I was writing the articles in my prior post, in the 2018-2020 timeframe, I was in contact with several plant genetics labs that had done, or I was given information had in flight, genetic analysis of Phramipediums. I was told that the a mapping of the genome for Mexipedium (we all...

I go a vacation and look at all that I missed! Kate, thank you very much for the kind words! Will you be at the WOC in Taiwan next year? I am giving two (2) lectures there and presenting two (2) posters, all on the genus Phragmipedium. I do hope to meet many of you there. Kew is showing...

Trade for a few pots

Unfortunately, no. Only testing done on how many base pairs of chromosomes, and that number varies throughout. Besseae and schlimii both have variable amounts of chromosomes. While we don't have such a study in this genus, we do for other genera of flowering plants (please, lets not forget...

Olaf I was at Ecuagenera when Kyle was there and he did this analysis. He worked exclusively with a few plants that were in the Ecuagenera greenhouse. The plants were recently collected, dry, some were dying, and showed signs of stress. As you all know I am not a fan of practicing any natural...

The reason we are all saying that besseae and v. d'alessandroi are so many different things is because all plants of besseae and its variety exhibit mixed taxonomic attributes in all populations, everywhere. Some plants have longer rhizomes, and I suspect that this is a factor of how wet the...

Kew doesn't say that anything is, or is not, a species. Kew aggregates articles that are published and that it receives into a database. The Kew database does no field research, no peer review, and in most cases the people who maintain the database never even see the plants/species in...

You know I am going Leslie. 2 lectures, one on Phrag. Schlimii and one on the Caudatum Group, and 2 posters. A few busy days for sure.

Are you going to the WOC in February? I got a presale list from one of the larger Paph nurseries and they are offering blooming size sanderianum from what looks to me to be great crosses for $120. I am assured CITIES and PHYTO are being given to take the plants home.

The next time you do this, ask the shipper to add insurance to the shipping. If the plants die like this, you can file a claim with DHL. In the USA, you can track the box as it goes through customs inspection. I don't know how that works where you are. Here plants go to a special area and...

Just for the record dalessandroi is a variety of besseae and is not a separate species. The reasons why are not a matter of opinion but of facts.

The bungebelangii were all blooming in South Africa in June. One of them won an AM.