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absolutely gorgeous! if you ever decide to divide please do message me! 😀

love love love this teeny tiny bloom! less color in the pouch and petals than the first bloom, but the smaller stature won me over. second helenae from springwater orchids. 😊

interesting quirk i just noticed... there's a crecent moon on the pouch. 🌙

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Hmm good question. I am no expert but have successfully bloomed complex this past fall with no deviation from my weekly water/kelpak/k-lite regiment. I want to say I never let them dry out completely.

bud to bloom for these helenae happened super fast. one of the buds open this morning. 😊🌱

welcome from WA! 🌲👋🏼

saw this recent post and thought of your thread. i believe paph paradise partners with tokyo orchid nursery to import plants.

hi! welcome from PNW (WA in US🌲).👋

i saw that orchid inn had paph helenae alba flasks for sale a while back, but i am a total noob and would have failed miserably being that helenae are so tiny to begin with. hoping someone will have some seedlings for sale soon. lmk!

🤩 I love your grow room setup! So much room to move about. I am especially jealous of the sink right next to all the plants. That's brilliant! This is an awesome idea that I hope to be able to recreate in our house or workshop someday. I envy everyone with a greenhouse setup, but a greenhouse...

the yellow finally mellowed out and the petals somehow adhering to a more overall oval shape.

ok pollen collected! my armeni white and peppermint pollen samples were yellow-ish in color (pic of armeni white pollen below). the ice age pollen was darker, with a tinge of brown. is the difference in color to be expected or did i just collect rotten plant crud? 🤣

The fans are cheapo upHere Halo Ring Led 140mm case fans connected to a ZRM&E PC Fan Speed Controller 8 Way Cooling Fan Hub. They're quiet compared to the oscillating fan I used to have, but not completely silent. We bought a 3 pack of smarplugs from Costco and hooked the fans up to our Home...

here's my little office orchid shelf (14” D x 36" W x 46" H) the fans cycle is on for 3h, off for 1h. the cheapo amazon full spectrum LED lights are daisy-chained and are set to run for 6h each day. i water x1 a week and let the run off fill the humidity trays, which keep the orchids at roughly...

oooh let me check! no fragrance. :confused: when is the fragrance supposed to occur? what's it supposed to smell like?

Just opened so still a bit yellow. Love the secret spots inside the pouch!

Scratch that! I went ahead and cancelled the microcetrifuge tubes since the article clearly states that plastic containers trap moisture. Picked up glycerin capsules instead, same as MK uses in the first link.

I decided to start a pollen bank in the event my delusions of grandeur take hold of me and I decide to start crossing plants for kicks. I found this article on creating your own pollen bank...