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Istvan, how wide is the flower?

If you are young and just starting out, you have years to just try things and watch your plants and make corrections. If you are older, probably better to try and get things correct more quickly. I still buy green bananas, but I don’t buy small orchid seedlings any more!

The light source is important in this discussion. While there may be plant benefits from some infrared or ultraviolet light present in natural sunlight, most horticultural studies focus on light in the “photosynthetically active range” (PAR) where photosynthesis occurs. The good plant meters...

A peak of 500 PPFD, assuming standard rise and fall of sunlight as in nature, equates to steady PPFD of 250 under LED lights, which is acceptable, but not high, for Cattleyas. You are getting good light.

Learning the range of the cross is making it quicker and easier to decide what to keep. Nice work.

I think the sib cross and a selfing cross make good sense.

Orchid Roots says that (Somers Isles x Alma Gavaert) is Arc-en-Ciel, registered in 2010. There don't appear to be any registered offspring of Arc-en-Ciel registered.

It is difficult to get the best genes for shape, size, and color to come together. #12 has excellent shape and color.

Can you get your flowers to last 2 weeks?

Thanks for the recommendation on the magnifier. It will be better than mine. I think I am helped somewhat by seldom getting a new plant and never having an orchid outside. However, I need to be on guard and have the treatment solutions available.

Pete and Deborah, as indoor growers like I am, what are the ways in which insects have gotten in to your plants?

Definitely.

Deborah, you have acquired excellent knowledge about multiple important pests. I suspect that you have this nicely written down and not just in your head?

And your guess about how many you will end up keeping?

I don’t notice fragrance with my flower.

David, what is the number of plants that made it to this stage?

This is a picture of a flower from my plant, which comes from a long line of self and sibling crosses using the plant originally identified and then scientifically registered as Phragmipedium fischeri by Orchids Limited (good friends of mine). Scientific studies have been an important part of...

Your interview was fantastic. For me, the process is the main attraction. The flowers tell you whether the process was good. As a physician, I think of it as a biology experiment more than creating art. Doing it the right way (the way you are doing it) is still expensive and time consuming, so...

Thanks, William. I am sure there are, or will be, other examples of this mostly silly differentiation within dowiana.

I am OK with plants in 7 inch pots but I decided that 9 inch pots were too large for me. I also don’t like excessively tall plants because they create issues with my LED lights. If I had a whole group of tall plants they could occupy one growing area with the lights the correct heights for them...