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Thank you, Patrick! I love this historical detail!! Not to hijack the thread, but for those of you who are interested, here is a photo of one of the parents. Mary Fennell that I was fortunate to score on eBay. from a woman who got it from Fennell’s Orchid Jungle in the 80’s before Hurricane...

Waldor has had the virus removed from 'The President' by Beth Lamb, and has meristems. William, here is the link: https://www.waldor.com/products/c-trianaei-the-president-fcc-aos-species-4-pot?srsltid=AfmBOorB1dbrALAJeqmgABoQaUDR9rpS9ZWV8xkGKFwdIF0sHBu7NuiZ

David, I would contact Dave at Waldor. I’m pretty sure the new meristems are currently available. They don’t put a lot on their website and once something hits eBay the price escalates. I wish you were in the US, I could trade an orig div (from Waldor) with you. Incredible color in my plant.

I believe, because it came from C & H back then, you can trust it to be an F1 meristem. It couldn’t be more beautiful! Bill Rogerson got the award on it. A 91 pt FCC in 2005, so all the originals come from his awarded plant, through those he’s given/traded divisions to as he does not sell his...

I have a great teacher!

Yes, David you are so right! I went 3 years because of surgery, etc. and finally had to cut off the overhanging 5 or 6 bulbs with almost all their roots out of the pot. Since there were some longer roots, I put the overhang division in moss/clay pot as to damage the roots the least. It has...

Waldor just re-meristemed George King ‘Serendipity’ from their original plant because they noticed a decrease in quality in those meristems out there from others. Quality of meristems does seem to diminish over future generations. And just because someone has the OP and has meristemed it, it...

Do you mean an F1 meristem?

What gets them?

I’ll second that. Others swear by BanRot but I’ve never used it. I do have it, though.

100% isopropyl won’t kill orchid virus. But for bacteria/fungal probably ok, on same plant.

Avid is specific and excellent for mites. Floramite is also good if you need more than 2 sprays and to rotate.

That’s a lovely bloom of Cashen’s. You got a great meristem.

Nice trianae, Rudolf. I'm a sucker for flameas and that's a particularly nice one.

I’ve only used cal-mag for a brief period and have never noticed any difference. I use R/O and MSU

Re humidity: we have a whole house humidifier for winter and dehumidifier for summer. At least 50% in winter and we keep our basement about that in summer. We do have fans in remote unfinished parts of the basement to move air, and fans in the orchid room. Orchid room HVAC vents are closed...

Always repot when you see new root growth. The eye above the new roots will break soon. Agree with everything above. Shake out old mix you can and carefully place in a pot just big enough to handle the growing roots. I wouldn't allow more than 1/2-3/4" of room on growing side and none on...

Great photos!!!

Oooo! That is lovely! Congrats!!

Yes, of course. I’ll PM.