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I agree, fun thread. The orchid I've had the longest is my Bulbophyllum medusae alba, purchased from insituorchids in 2014. The oldest orchids I have, that I am aware of, are a divison of Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami', which received a CCM in 1981, Masdevallia Machu Picchu 'Crownpoint', awarded...

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Clear pots are best for me, but my favorite pots are the Waterdance brand plastic pots with heavily slitted bottoms so no water pools and airflow is excellent.

Not to mention the plant looks great as well!

I agree, it looks more 'natural' as opposed to 'bred for' for whatever reason

Wonderful dowiana, and the new leaves look great! Well done!

really nice!

Hopefully next year you'll have a studier pot for it. I usually set mine in a large, heavy cache pot for blooming. Or you can hang it. Photos with a white background might be nice too.

So what are the criteria for keepers? Largest size? Reddest color? Symmetrical, pleasing shape? Non-climbers? After looking at the group photo I really like the circular petals over the pointy ones. But the two red ones do stand out!

Ray included a complementary jar of it with one of my orders a few years ago, so I've used it since then. I aim for a 25 ppm N solution with each watering. I usually just eye the measurement, but here's what the exact amount looks like (0.73 g / US gal).

That's purple!

wow! very cool leaves!

So much plant! Well done, congrats!

First two very nice; arrangement, color, size, shape, all nice!

Lovely example. Chadwick's description of the decline of this species to functional extinction is saddening.

I used a table saw to cut up a huge, overgrown Max tenuifolia a few years ago.

really nice

You got that mouse!

Pure ethereal magic!

Look amazing!