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Beautiful setup! What kind/size fan are you running? I use small AC Infinity ones and am always wondering if I should add more or larger ones.

I will second: Great color!

So beautiful! Congratulations!!

I purchased some paphs and the phrag Devil’s Fire from Lehua last January and the plants I received were very large and healthy, fwiw. Website is, lehuaorchids.com

Thanks to you all for the warm welcomes!

Thanks for all the kind welcomes! Roots, yes, I mostly keep paphs with paphs and phrags with phrags.

What an amazing find! So beautiful. And so tiny! I didnt know that type was so small. Just adorable in its petite-ness.

Ugh. That is just grim! Well, ok. Insecticide it is.

Thank you Tom-DE! And: Wow! My modestly large was no where near 1000, which just goes to show how everything is relative :)

Thank you, Ray. I need to stop being so hesitant to use insecticides. I appreciate the push in that direction.

Thank you Morja! I love your cyp pic, btw. Is that kentuckiense? Or one of the hybrids like Emil?

Hello all, over the last year I have been re-growing my orchid collection. I had a modestly large orchid collection about 10 years ago which I lost due to a combination of a bug problem that came in on a new plant and I didnt catch it before it spread to **everything**, and time constraints...

Thanks to both of you for your replies. I also repot immediately, but hadnt thought to spray as well. That is a good tip. As is the warmer temps to speed up problems, if there are any. Those darned mealy bugs were on a Venus de Milo maudiae that had a bunch of tight new fans and I had worried...

Hello, I am a new member (who still needs to write up a “new member intro”). I was reading Morja’s very helpful thread on thrips and wondered if there is a consensus about how long to quarantine a new orchid? I generally hold for 3-4 weeks but have had a mealy bug issue pop up after releasing...

I have really enjoyed this entire thread. Fascinating. I understand what you are saying about the color, but it does have an appeal. That color gradation (at least on my screen) looks lovely