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Wanted to follow up on this post for those interested in preserving their library and putting books back into circulation for their societies. I've been working on a dry run and planning to get our board approval to keep moving forward. After doing a bit of research, I decided on TinyCat. This...

It’s gorgeous, well done. I have a small collection of Aerangis and they bloom from time to time. This is one of my favs and mine is isn’t spike right now. How are you growing yours, mounted?

Gorgeous. Does it have a nice spicy clove fragrance?

Lovely color! Well grown

I agree with this completely.

I don’t know how that works for well water. I use a very generic ispring system, 3 stages, one sediments and two carbon. It’s connected durectly onto the incoming line from the city before it hits anything in my house. Mainly just to knock the load down and protect the appliances from the...

I was going to suggest get a whole house filter installed to process the water first and knock down the initial load, may also change the water chemistry… also a good investment for all your appliances and plumbing. But I think you are on well water.. not sure how that works.

What’s the unconventional solution? Return it for another system?

Good to know thanks for the update. The price point is still pretty high for Azapro, about the same price as Azamax when it’s available. I did scour the internet to find a few Azamax 4oz bottles to stock up on. I agree, the Azamax definitely has a lingering odor for a few days after and needs...

How difficult is it to bring plants for sale to Hawaii?! I recall the state having strict regulations.

Mostly from additions to the collection. Not just orchids but I have a few foliage plants as well and they always seem to be the starting point. I do try and treat anything I bring in now but sometimes it’s not enough and I need to completely repot and change the soil. Also keeping my windows...

We ARE talking about Deborah. I imagine she has laminated print outs!

Here is the Safari label. Here is the Bonide granules label. Thrips are listed for both, I also don’t have issues with thrips ever on orchids. I’ll have to look into the different modes of action. I’m really trying to limit the use of these harder options as I grow indoors and just don’t want...

I use Bonide Insect Control Systemic Granules and I also employ Safari, which is more expensive and I have to be a bit more careful with because I dissolve and spray it on roots directly with a small hand held spray bottle, very limited targeted amounts as needed for troubled plants. Attaching...

I still have my bottle of SucraShield you sold me when talking to NCOS an lifetime ago. Might try this again.

This is troubling, it really has been my go to for a few years now. Hopefully the issue is resolved. Prior to Azamax, I was using a product called Growsafe that a friend recommended, that also worked indoors. At the time I was mainly fighting mites.

Most likely. I need to get with Jeff Morris and see what steps he takes to grow phrag monsters.

Since it was potted up to the larger basket, it put out two new growths and spikes this round. I doubt it will be able to hold more than 3 flowers in bloom at a time this round. The roots are already growing out of the pot and I need to start planning the next size up net pot.. which may not...

Thank you for the input. The sale of the collection came up at our last board meeting. I agree to some extent. Especially for the orchid magazines, which have been largely digitized and beyond my scope. However, the genus specific books I feel are priceless and worth one more shot at...

Hi All, I have decided to try and dust off our local Orchid Society's library from cold storage and resurrect it for our members to use. I feel like many societies may be in the same position, with a waning membership there are less hands to go around to manage hard copy orchid books and...