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Sam had indicated via e-mail and on the website that this flask contained only 10 plants, but when he was boxing things up, he put in an extra flask. He also gave me pretty good prices on the mature plants, before he applied the discount. I thought he was being very generous. In addition to...

Stopped by Sam’s place on Friday to pick up some flasks that I had ordered and decided it was a good idea to buy an additional flask and some mature plants. I have the good fortune to live less than 3 easy hours away by car. These are the flasks: OIW0030, Wossner Favorite, leucochilum “Frity...

I like the Misty Run Sunrise. If it were mine, I would keep growing it for many years. I suspect one day plant size and growing conditions will click and it will be perfect. How large is the flower? Is the plant a strong grower? MIke

Having read about this before, I do believe this story is mostly true, with some self-serving spin on the part of the source. Seems like this is the case for all information anymore. Mike

Ken I cannot answer your question directly, but I have a brush pile that has several dozen fresh water mussel shells next to it and the animals are always messing with them. I rake them into the pile and the animals pull them out in a few days. They have been there for about 10 years, so...

Ken There is a feed store several miles away and I purchased 25 pounds of crushed limestone. It appears to be a slightly smaller particle size than most sand. It is more stable in the mix than powdered dolomite. Mike

Interesting. I have moved some of my phrags into cubes + hydroton as an experiment, but none of the kovachii. Do you include limestone in any form? I noticed that yellowing leaves on seedlings respond quickly to the addition of dolomite powder, even though it seems to wash out in a few...

Just a few foam peanuts in the bottom. The rest is moss. Mike

I'll provide an update at six months with the seedlings in the same tray and same positions. Recent generations of kovachii from Chuck Acker really are easier to grow than the first ones. Most of the ones in this tray came out of a flask in January 2021, so you can see they have grown quite a...

Had a little extra time yesterday, so I potted out some kovachii compots into 2 inch pots. Most are from Chuck Acker (CA796 and CA735), but the 4 on the left are from Peruflora. They all seemed to be healthy with good roots. They are much easier to grow than the first kovachii seedlings I...

Just checked my 2020 pod records and I was harvesting most at 6 months. One multi was only 4 months. All green pod since I have problems successfully sterilizing dry seed. Ironically the multi seeds were the first to germinate. Mike

The older leaves start turning yellow after a few days with the temperature above 90 degrees. It has an immediate effect on kovachii of all sizes. If I can avoid this, mature plants can accumulate 3-4 years of old growth and will bloom every year. The granular limestone I use is about the...

I have dozens of kovachii from several sources. The smallest are in moss and they do just fine. When they are ready to move up, I use small Orchiata with perlite and granular limestone in 4 inch pots. When they outgrow those pots, I move them to the next larger size Orchiata with a little bit...

It really is a nice looking plant. You've done an excellent job growing it. Also, I am glad you posted this photo. I have a number of hybrids from Windy Hill Gardens with this plant as a parent. Mike

Blooming for first time and the colors are a little muted. They are growing in 2.25 inch pots with orchiata and seem to be doing fine. Mike

"everything in moderation"? If you are a member of this forum, that horse has already left the barn. Mike

Mostly Nasca and Moche with a few older Chavin vessels. This Moche prisoner is a good example. It is about 7-8 inches tall and without restoration. I have a small collection with just a couple of dozen items. Mike

Ray I bought one of the digital microscopes with a USB connector. It was advertised as 250x, but it is not anywhere near that strength. It magnifies a dime to fill the screen on my laptop, but the image quality is such that it cannot be enlarged. I let my grandchildren play with it. The...

First, I must apologize for the quality of the photo. I had to hold my camera over the eyepiece of the microscope. I had been having some problems with older leaves looking withered on some of my paphs. I could see nothing with a hand lens, so I used my 40x wide field microscope. There were...

Five of the Liberty Taiwan have bloomed. One was OK, two were duds, two had deformed dorsals. I decided to give them all another year, and I still have several that haven't bloomed yet. They do seem to be growing well. Mike