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I'm in no position, nor can I defend the Goldner's communication record. Not responding is not good by any standard. I do know they go fishing across the country regularly, as well as being active in orchid meetings and speaking. I guess I'm just patient. But for me any waits have been worth...

Today's photo. Starting to get more orange. How much longer until the anticipated color arrives?

Thanks to all for your input on this.

Nigh time humidity is never below 80%. Dry weather generally 85%+. During extended wet weather, which we get many times each season, it can be well over 90%, even during cloudy days.

Good question. Last night, with cloud cover and a warm front moving through the low was 55, from about 9:30 P.M. to 7:45 A.M. Clear still nights after a cold front passes and it can be 9 or 10 hours during which the heater maintains a temp higher than 50. We rarely get nights into the mid or...

Just warm it up, from my experience, and grow them out of this. I no longer grow any of these smaller species. I have the space and do some very large standards.

Night low temperature of 50, and I try not to spend the money to heat a large greenhouse much at all on most winter days. So some stormy times the highs without heat are in the mid to low 60s, but I do generally fire up the heater to keep it 65 or above. "Normal" rainfall here is 50 inches...

The slang for this is "ensifolium crud", not a pretty term at all. Generally found in this species or hybrids with a high percentage of it that are stressed, especially temperature stressed. Not all varieties seem to be affected. I gave up on this species long ago because my conditions we...

Yes, @BrucherT, I would love a piece of this if it is truly virus free. Older collected Cymbidium species that have been passed around are often not virus free. A flower picture someday would go a long way helping to ID this special plant, if you can bloom it. Since it is an early blooming...

My question is, how cool can one grow this hybrid? Frank Cevera says: "Primary habitats range from 1,100 to 2,000 meters (3,280 to 6,562 feet) with most at the lower end of that range. Despite the upper limit of the elevation, Phrag. schlimii is a warm-grower and cannot survive in cooler...

Good stuff always sells out rapidly. I scored this fall late with three fine clones, after some back and forth over what was still in stock.

I'm sure not to be the only one who would love a photo of Aunt Judy's Cymbidium tracyanum, when that is possible. So many of the early Cymbidium species clones are identifiable and hence we can trace them back to their place of collection. It is heartwarming to see how a particular plant can...

Woodstream issues lists every spring and fall and one orders via email from these lists. Just contact them directly for a copy. Every plant I have obtained from them has been a good grower, and some of the clones they offer are the very best you can generally find.

In the late 50s my father decided that I would learn how to grow Cymbidiums. I still have a number of the early ones we got, from Stewarts, Dos Pueblos, SBOE, Paul Miller and other Southern California growers. A couple of my favorites are Cym. Showgirl 'Marion Miller', Cym. Swallow 'Exbury'...

Sometimes just spending a few minutes with an interesting flower can help one get through the day. Or week. Or year. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I do. (Domenica HCC/AOS x Woodstream AM/AOS)

The color is still developing. Still hoping for some real orange. Yesterday we had zero sun, so its slow going.

Wonderful color, Ross.

I have three of these that are starting to show sheath and have two to four new growths developing as well. A nice strong grex - thanks Ross! I'll share images when these flower.