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I think you are on the right track. If the roots are good you are doing something right. It could be the genetics of the plant. Some are stronger than others, of course, that is how nature works... On a plant that old, I'd want at least two new growths for every old growth that declines...

I grow them fairly well, I think. As much as I wanted to like rockwool as a growing medium, it hasn't really worked out. I use a bark mix, or a 50% bark/50% coco-husk mix. My best plants, or at least the plants I want to keep and breed with, I grow in bulb pans. 6" or 8" plastic bulb pans...

besseae!!

Before you moved it, how hot was it? Heat and besseae don't mix well...

I think this is close to the last list for a while. A few more cool things (a lot of flasks arrived badly damaged so I had to pot them out). List Those of you who breed paphs - I'm working on a new project which is organizing the pollen library I got from Sam. Threw out a lot of it (old or...

Yes, I have several older St. Swithin and when this one bloomed last year I decided I could probably get rid of them. :) Anybody wants any old St. Swithins (huge plants), let me know and I'll help you out.

If I were forced to choose one, I like the first one just for the form. Color breaks should go away on the next bloom? If the color is accurate on my screen I'd throw something else out to keep them both. That is nice color.

Actually... Thanks for the reminder, I was in the process of forgetting. :)

I grow a few things that don't have pouches... HCCAOS

Got this one awarded today. Hard to tell from my terrible picture, but it is huge. Probably should have waited until five or six flowers were open... Shows what a career's worth of world class line breeding (Sam Tsui's, not mine) gets you.

I fertilize with a very dilute fertilizer all year.

It is still expanding the petals. 40cm or so already.

Interesting.

That's what I was thinking. Maybe do hybrids with it the next time it blooms if it stays small.

I don't think so. Not sure where I got it but I've had it for a few years at least.

So, I found a sanderianum when I was looking for something else. Literally wouldn't know it was in bloom otherwise. It is a three flowered sanderianum at about half scale. picture isn't very good. Not sure if it is a genetic dwarf or my culture is poor... :). It must be a strong grower...

Doesn't look that unusual for a schlimii hybrid to me. I was just potting up some schlimii x kovachii seedlings a couple of hours ago, and one plant was quite large (at least a foot across), and the others were all less than 8" across. They vary quite a bit, even out of the same flask. Will...

Unfortunately I think I may have sold all the druryii adult plants last year. Couldn't find any. That's not necessarily a good indication that I don't have them, just that I can't find them...

Seems to be somewhat ephemeral for me, but I'm not the world's best cattleya grower.

How long does the flower last for you?