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Things are fine, looks like we finally have a buyer for the house - along with 7 other "interested parties". The buses all come along at once..! Been busy with the ice cream, and also now 4 dessert sauces: Butterscotch, Salted Caramel, Chocolate, and a Sticky Toffee sauce. The first 3 are...

Bought this some years back from Orchids Limited, reckon this is the best blooming I have had.

Lovely..!

That's a better chromatic yellow than I have seen in a besseae flavum. I'm envious..!

What is the CA number? Please explain...

I have the primary cross of Psychopsis Kalihi, bought it 3 or 4 years ago. I agree with everything said above, have found to my surprise that I have not killed it (I'm bad with Paphs...) and it has been in more or less continual bloom for the past 3 years. First with the one spike that it had...

Hien, the traditional Chinese Medicine use of orchids is very different, fundamentally, to what we do. They use dried flowers, and other parts of the plant. So it is basically a bio-chemical approach. Our essence-making is designed to capture some of the C'hi of the plant and bloom. It does act...

Hien, some types of orchid are tricky when it comes to making an "essence". But so far we have never, in 20 years, resorted to cutting the blooms. Nevertheless the cut-flower method is the one used by most flower essence makers, as that is the technique espoused by Dr. Edward Bach in the 1930's...

Well, yes and no. I once hosted (circa 1999...?) Emoto in London, he gave a talk one evening, and then a small seminar that weekend. Interesting man. There is a connection between the two ideas of course. And he did freeze some flower essences for a few essence-makers, some years ago. Essences...

We partially immerse the bloom in a bowl of water for some hours, to convey some of the bio-electric energy of the plant into the water. This is then preserved with brandy (50-50). I have a business that is in its 23rd year now, and I have been making orchid "essences" in this way for 20 years...

Many thanks. There are sooo many new besseae hybrids out there, I'm not up on all the latest. So this is very helpful.

There are only 3 growths on this plant, the older, spent ones, and the one that has produced this gorgeous spike. I use the orchids in any case to make "flower essences", so virtually never sell off desirable specimens. Sorry..!

Our house is still on the market after 5 years. Big houses have been slow to sell in Scotland, since the SNP put up the tax on them. Have 2 genuinely interested parties, but both need to sell properties first. So we may be here a while yet...

Wonderful colour.

Looks very similar to a cross I have had at times over the years, Paph. William Mathews 'Knobcreek'.

Another ID conundrum. Bought this several years ago, no tag with it. Looks very like Andean Fire to my eye, but not certain. What would be the other candidates? It is Andean Fire then I think it must be a tetraploid, as the leaves are much bigger than the (definite) Andean Fire I have had 17+ years.

Yes, I think it is gorgeous..! Have found that it isn't hardy, a bit like besseae in terms of being sure to not leave water on its leaves overnight.

Here are a few more pics of the same, I feel the black background looks far better. Had an issue with aphids, hence the bit torn off on the spike. Moved the plant into the warm section, since I never have trouble in there with aphids.

Ahh.. richteri rings a bell. I recall that CB in California bought the same species that same year, commented on it here. But would struggle to find that thread. Have now been able to find the order. Richteri was key..! In fact it came from Peruflora, in 2015. They brought it to the Malvern...

Bought this one a few years ago from Ecuagenera, failed to put a tag in the pot, and now cannot find the paperwork etc. Could I please have help with its ID..?