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Maybe I should give my stonei flasklings to someone else, since men in my family die young lol.

Dark Angel and Howard P Martin are both AOS awarded plants originally from Orchid Zone, exhibited by (edited, sorry, I misremembered) Fred Capricio and Howard Martin, and awarded at the Sierra Nevada center. Here are the links to their award photos & info, courtesy of CSNJC. Dark Angel Howard...

Sink or swim, I ain't no helicopter parent.

Meh. At this point, I do what I do. If it lives, fine; if it dies, fine.

A friend imported the seed & sent some to me for flasking. I did it for free on the condition I could keep one.

Keep your fingers crossed. In low bud about 14 months from sowing the seed.

Ohhh that looks eminently blastable lol.

I suspect what you got is a plant that was growing well for a while, then lost most of its roots, and therefore most of its momentum. As you build its root mass back up, it will turn back into a regular fairrieanum.

Here's vigor for ya: I got this henryanum from Sam right before he closed up for good as a single growth. Now it's ten, and pushing its first sheath. Consistently produces 3-4 new leads per growth. I'll probably use it to add vigor to other grexes, no matter what the flowers look like.

I leave them; they can resprout.

21 spikes, 20 of them will bloom together.

They're ready

Same as you. They're about ready to pop out of that compot, now that they're used to bright light. Looks like yours are ready for individual pots too. 😁

*Covers babies' ears* You're gonna give them a complex!

I don't find randsii any more difficult than the rest. It was one of the first Paphs I got when I got back into orchids more than ten years ago and I grew it to blooming size before giving it to my friend. ( It bloomed for him 4 months later grr.) You'll have no trouble with it.

That would already be on fire here...

Don't be so sure. A clump of tigrinum in spike is also an expensive thing.

This is my strategy:

I've often thought that if the score comes out to 79.1- 79.4 or 89.1-89.4, that judges should have a chance to just call it an AM or FCC by majority acclamation.