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As a basic preventative cleary and azoxystrobin together as a drench stops most leaf fungal issues... Should be mentioned the probiotics are not thoroughly tested on orchids and considering theres no regulations on them as far as I am aware, I wouldn't trust the purity of the products. Its very...

Traditional NPK fertilizers typically lower the PH since they contain ammonium/urea, when mixed with water they are typically around PH 5.5 and the plant's change the PH from there during absorption. MSU types are all or mostly nitrate which raises the PH when absorbed. The reason why MSU lowers...

I believe generally around 100 ppm of N is recommended for Paphs, which is a good recommendation. Sometimes that is extrapolated to 100 ppm total per week however, which honestly doesn't make much sense because the plants have no idea what a week is... If you keep diluting the fertilizer a lot...

Ok thank you, some interesting thoughts. So what if the seeds were from a US grower who runs a small nursery but the parent plants in his collection used to make the seeds were not legally collected?

I have a question on how CITES works, hopefully someone can explain it clearer. To my understanding there is a couple of orchids that have not been collected in situ with permits yet but have been illegally collected. If seeds are produced in horticulture from illegally collected parents are the...

There’s a female rajah in bloom if of interest

If you have any bloom soon please let me know, I’m always looking for more pollen for females here. And I must ask... has your Edwardsiana bloomed before? 👀

Yeah they’re pretty unimpressive blooms. Stress can cause them to flower and then die. I knew some orchid growers had neps but some of the ones on this thread are more stunning than most “pro nep growers”

Paul, are any of your Nepenthes in bloom? I have tons of pollen available such as Lowii trusmadi, Spath x Eddie, and platychila!