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Lacey Act Issued: October 8, 2008 On May 22, 2008, the Lacey Act was amended to make it illegal to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, any plant-with limited exceptions-to be taken or traded in violation of domestic or international laws.

Only if the plants in the flasks originate from a legal source. From a legal nursery using legally obtained propagation material.

This part is important for Americans.... "but we as consumers rely on the vendors transparency and not all vendors are transparent and always ethical." The Lacey Act directly requires purchasers of CITES listed plants to do their due diligence and verify the legitimacy of all parts of the supply...

"and there is no way to determine if the plant was nursery raised"? Wouldn't that cast doubt on the validity of a CITES certificate indicating the plants were legally artificially propagated?

It's illegal to posses a CITES apx1 species or even a part of a species without a permit from USFW. Applies equally to plants and animals. Just because they are not enforcing the law today for certain species doesn't mean they won't tomorrow. On top of CITES is the Lacy Act requirement holding...

That's a really old clone isn't it?

Don't squeeze at all. Wait and see. Soft new forming reproductive tissue might be damaged easily.

Basically the same. Spikes come from the crown and later the buds form on the spike.

Is Slipper talk the last standalone orchid forum now?

Nice compact form finally shortening those funny long petals and about time some color showed up. 🙄

You mean compots and not compost right?

Overdosing any bio stimulant is likely or guaranteed to negatively affect plant health. Years ago we experimented with Chemicals to cause Phals to produce up to 8 spikes at one time. Easy to do and the show of flowers was fantastic. But we learned that it took years for the plants to recover and...

Plenty of data about plant steroids online.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336137/

The leaves look fine in sunlight. I think the magnesium sulfate should green up the slight interveinal yellowing.

Epsom Salts is Magnesium Sulfate.

Nutritionally the slight paleness between the veins could be a sulfur deficiency. Easy way to test that is to apply magnesium sulfate.

Take your plant out in sunlight to evaluate the color and lightness. LED light always shows misleading color. If you feel like the plants are not as healthy with foliage closer to the lights consider reducing the hours the light is on to reduce the DLI (total light energy received by the leaves).

Maybe the belina would like warmer temperature to initiate vegetative growth.

What are your night and day temperatures?