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Seems to be doing alright! Two new leaves, roots making good headway, and as you can see from the purple in the pictures it's kept very bright. No blooms, but I'm not terribly surprised. My ambient humidity has been VERY low since we moved from Montana to Idaho in July. I'm struggling to keep it...

Well that gives me hope 😂 I have a few on the upper edge of their light tolerance and I'm backing them off since I'm not feeding enough to support that probably. Things should look better after that.

I suppose I could do it every time if the application is very light, and when I forget make that a flush day. Haha It has varying concentrations listed on it for frequency of watering. I was trying to do every other week, then using the other two weeks per month for my other things, but I may...

How do you guys remember to fertilize? I have a smaller collection (21 plants) that I water by hand. Sometimes I'm doing well just to water them all, especially as I water multiple times a week (thanks to low humidity). I know I need to get into a better rhythm, but it's hard because I don't...

Yes, for about 2 years.

Haha that's the spirit honestly, I have no idea what either truly means 😂

This is one that has nice color saturation, I agree! Is it luck of the draw, or conditions that make them brighter?

Beautiful. Where did you get it?

I'll add my two cents to the light part of this discussion. Understand that I am very inexperienced in comparison to most of you, but I added lights fairly recently to my collection and this is what has worked for me with good growing/blooming results with less than a year of use. Instead of FCs...

Oh wow.

Love the color! I am fascinated by lycastes and I hope to add one to my collection at some point!

Great info, thank you!! Sounds like it's time to cut water then, because I just noticed the terminal leaf yesterday on the newest growth looking close to complete. I'll stick it in my cooler spot. It's hard to see in the picture, but it's in almost a comically tiny pot, I just have it in the...

That clarifies what's going on a bit, thank you! Looking back it was blooming from a cane with leaves when I got it, so that makes sense.

I recently bought a phrag Ruth Morrow that arrived with similar rust on all 3 of its new growths- none on the older one though. The worst spot is most visible in this picture. I wiped it down thoroughly with rubbing alcohol while potting it up and haven't noticed the rust spots grow. Mites...

We're all jealous of that basement! So cool he was able to share about his setup

I picked this plant up in January of this year in bud, and since it has grown a nice tall new growth. Within the last month leaves fell from the oldest growth. I'm confused- aren't all the leaves supposed to go? Or at least from the two older growths? I decreased watering until canes show...

What a glorious specimen!

Is this the one? Just curious what the blooms look like. I don't technically have space for much of anything in my RV though 😅 https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/miltoniopsis-miltonia/hybrids/miltonia-spectabilis-var-moreliana-4n-x-honolulu-warnes-best-hcc-aos

For a dry environment, it's hard to think of a great moss alternative. Wild collected moss that you bake? Some sort of water bead or shredded wood/paper/coconut something or other? I top dress my paphs with sphag. I save every strand I get when shipped plants arrive packed in it (letting it dry...

Yay bessae hybrids!