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I use 3% to flush everything when I transfer sterilized stem props to tubes with medium. In this case, I work in open air with the tubes inverted. Much too complicated to explain in a few paragraphs. Let me just say it requires nimble fingers. I also use 3% to sterilize the inside of my...

They look like they are about the same size. I have WBWs from different sources and none of mine are small. Mike

Nice flower and very well grown plant. I've flowered just 2 from that flask so far. They were both nice, but I think your dorsal is more interesting. Mike

I recommend Hausermann or Carter and Holmes. If you ever want cutting edge hybrid seedlings, then Sunset Valley Orchids. Mike

First photo is of the seedlings in compots. Note the one to the far right with heavy pigment. All were healthy with good roots. As commonly seen with Brachys, the roots were attached to one another, but easy enough to separate if you just pay attention. I then placed them in the bag, which...

I received mine today. They are all good size seedlings. Will post photos on Monday or Tuesday when I pot them out. Mike

I sent Shane an e-mail almost immediately. I will send him a text with the same info.

Very healthy and well grown plant. Nice flower too. Good job!! Mike

THIS, THIS, THIS, I have been thinking about this comment and I believe it may be the single most important piece of information ever presented in this forum. I have been examining leaves of weak/dying plants under a microscope and I am finding a nearly perfect correlation with the presence...

Nothing recent. My records show that I purchased some plants from him off e-bay in '17 or '18. Mike

The plants have been sold.

Tom, I sent a message.

The Magdalene Rose x kovachii have been sold.

I have some kovachii and kovachii hybrids that I’m willing to share at fairly low prices. All are Chuck Acker breeding. The first three are straight kovachii with cross IDs of CA735 and CA769. They are all good growers with 10-12 inch leaf spans and nice roots. The second group is CA778, Phrag...

Eric, this was the best of the bunch. Thought about documenting the whole bunch but decided it wasn't worth the effort. This photo was still on my phone. The petals are cupped and curled, the lip is deformed and the ventral sepals carry too much lueddemanniana influence. The natural spread...

Eric, I must have not been clear in my original post. These had already bloomed, but they still had a flower or two on the spike. All of the flowers had many defects. They should have been thrown away. If the problem had been that they were just too small or the color was off, I would have...

I saw where a bunch of red phals had been awarded in the June ORCHIDS. I went to the grower's website and discovered they had more for sale. I ordered 4 seedlings for $120. I figured the chances were slim that I would get a nice one, but I was willing to take a chance that one might be a...

Have you considered the possibility that the Grodan cubes, being compressible, get more water squeezed out by a taller, heavier column. Your experiment may not translate well to bark or other less compressible media. Mike

A quick question, do the roots penetrate the hygrolon. Mike

This is rothschildianum "Wide Barron" x lowii "Exotic Dancer" FCC/AOS, purchased from OI last year. It is the first bloom. Mike