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I got this division from Chadwick’s a couple years ago. It grew well for me after repotting putting on two new lead growths. This winter it produced two bloom growths but aborted them for some unclear reason. Fortunately it immediately started to produce another and the second bud just finished...

I found this enlightening. After reading this I checked the AOS Awards list for Cattleya walkeriana and, unless I’m reading it wrong, ‘Pendentive’ as well as the awarded offspring I know of are still listed as walkeriana. Also I believe the FCC award for ‘Orchidglade’ from 1965 is still there...

Ok I’ll bite... what is xdolosa ‘Pendentive’? If you’re saying Cattleya walkeriana ‘Pendentive’ AM/AOS is xdolosa do you have any substantive proof... something that’s conclusive?

Well less than a year since it’s last blooming. I made another cross with it by putting pollen from one of my Paphiopedilum hainanense on it. That’s a different direction for me but different might be the trick to getting some viable seed.

I decided to try something new... deboning a whole chicken from the inside out. I watched a couple videos and although it took me more time than the experts on YouTube it was pretty easy. I left the wing bones in but dislocated the joints and cut the ends off. Next I fried it on each side in...

Hello Silverwhisp and BrucherT I don’t think I have any secrets to offer but I have bloomed a fairly large number of them. Full disclosure... I still have several I haven’t bloomed after three years myself. I still have the first couple helenae I bought but lost the following fifteen or so...

Hello My Green Pets Walkers, in particular, take some time to settle in after dividing and repotting. Sounds like your plant did well last year and will probably bloom this year. I do not believe they need shorter days. In nature the day length difference between seasons is minimal. Walkers...

A favorite appetizer of mine... broiled scallops-wrapped in bacon.

This is my first blooming of this particular walkeriana. It was outside for the last month or so and went through some rough spring weather. Rain and pretty cold on and off several times. I brought it in the house before it opened but probably should have done it sooner. There are some random...

This is the first of my helenae collection to bloom this year... seems a little early but I noticed a few others with low buds coming on.

Second blooming in 7 months but only a single flower. I think once this has a couple days to finish opening it will be better than the first blooming.

I received a JC/AOS on this plant Saturday. Recognized for the distinctiveness of the deep lavender over all of the segments and robust substance.

This Paphiopedilum viniferum is the saddest Paphiopedilum I have ever bloomed... it even looks sad. It’s a very small plant. The pot is 2.25” x 2.25” x 3” tall. I got a flask from Troy Meyers a number of years ago (2017 I think). The flask was going down hill and only had 8 surviving plants when...

The last two buds opened and I’m pretty happy with this walker.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. On occasion I add soluble gypsum to my fertigation water... it leaves a little white residue that easily wipes off.

Another coerulea walker is blooming. This is a division I got from Fred a few years ago. It’s pretty nice and very fragrant before sunrise and into the morning.

This is another Paphiopedilum that strikes controversy. I have several of these and I believe they are distinctly different from all of my ‘regular’ concolor. If anything, these look more like Paph concolor longipetalum (josianae) than they do regular Paph concolor. Paph concolor striatum and...

I’ve bought a number of these and they’re always labeled Paphiopedilum hainanense. I know someone will tell me it’s appletonianum but I keep them labeled as they are and I don’t breed them together. Every hainanense I’ve ever owned has been a smaller plant and their flowers are smaller too. I...

I store my Paph pollen in gel caps with a small sliver of wax paper inside. I put the pollen on the wax paper because if the pollen is in contact with the gel cap it will dry the pollen out and it's harder to get it to stick when you go to use it. I keep each gel cap in a 2.5" zip bag each...

About to fledge...