Hello, The only one I can help with is Scaph. breve. This one is very easy to grow. I have it in a terrarium under a regular flourescent bulb. It has been...
Hi, I'm new to the group, but first the fertilizer question. I only grow Masdevallias, and I only fertilizer a couple times a month with 1/4 tsp per gallon...
Hi Pat, wow, your masdies look great! I'm entirely envious of your collection. I guess they do very well way up north,huh? If you need to get rid of divisions...
Good morning, can anyone give me the growing conditions for the above plant? I cannot discover anything about it except that its name might be crinitium....
... Must be nice to live where Masd. are easy to keep cool! I live in Pa. and once summer comes the plants go down hill, fast! Masd. are also my favorite, but...
Hi John, please excuse my question, but where or what is Pa.? There are a few people in this world who do not yet know every detail about the United States...
Hi Boss, talking to the boss always is dangerous, but... I have purchased a plant labeled Plth. crinitum this spring from a reliable source, I guess the name...
Hi Pat, sorry, I do not know about the fertilizers you mention, therefore my answer can not deal with details. At least I know where to find Anchorage on the ...
Hi Stefan from Germany, Sorry, I guess I just didn't think of that. Pa. is the state of Pennsylvannia, USA. From my limited experience I have found thet ...
Hi John, thanks a lot for your message. Believe it or not, when reading Pa. I have had Pennsylvania on my mind but somehow also felt attracted by the idea it...
Hi Stefan, So nice to hear from you again. Around here we use NY for New York state and NYC for New York City. A nice little tidbit to know.Also for...
I grow Draculas and Masd's in NYC :), in fact in Brooklyn. Currently they are all outside enjoying the chilly weather. Tonight however, in anticipation of a...
Hello, I have always loved the genus Lepanthes and consider it my favorite of all orchids. I have recently decided to take the plunge and start that...
Hi Mariana, hi John, thanks for your messages. Brooklyn is known even here because of all these TV series. The cop gets out another chewing gum, enters his...
Hi Mariana and Stefan, Mariana, What are the conditions you are growing your draculias and masd in when they are outside? Do you have them under trees? Is it a...
Hi, I fuss a lot over the miniature temp sensative orchids. First I am in a centrally controlled environment. I recently also added several humidifiers....
... From: stefanheins@... To: pleurothallids@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 1:41 AM Subject: Re: [pleurothallids] Hi Mariana, hi John, ...
I have aphids on my Masdevallias again. I just found them this week. Only a few on the blooms, so I'll get out the Safer's Soap. This is when they show up if...
Hi all, For all of you you supplement with iron for the pleuros...could you tell me if it is possible to simply dilute typical pharmaceutical iron pills, and...
Hi Bada, pleuros do not develop pseudobulbs, just leaves (and flowers if they like their environment, I hasten to add). Fertilizer designed for more usual...
Hi Michael, I have started to grow Lepanthes only this spring and have been hesitating for years. Everyone tells you these orchids are difficult to grow... All...
Hi John, sorry, there has been too much work the last days and an orchid show as well... say hello to a much nicer Dracula vampira than the one that dwindled...
Hi Mariana, well, I was just joking. Our TV will show us bad boys haunting the streets of Brooklyn each evening. Noone believes that stuff to be reality, but...
I was of course, joking too. But I really get bothered by the misconception about NY and Brooklyn. Like any other city on earth, Brooklyn has it's bad areas...
Dear Stefan, Bavaria is not strange and only some person would like to get the king again. It is a beautiful country and a nice people. I live here now around ...
yikkks, how confusing I sound....When I say "she" I mean my friend whom I visited. She resides in Munich around the Mandarin Oriental Munich hotel. -M ... ...
Thank you for your help Stefan. I have decided to order a cool ballast orchidarium to use exclusively for Lepanthes. Any good vendors that you can reccomend?...
thanks stefan! What iron products do you or anyone else use? Is it diluted to a certain degree? Is it chelated? can I use dissolved over the counter type iron...
Hi everyone! I was wondering what masdevallias you'd consider for being the smallest or small (under 4"/ 10cm) that blooms several times a year? Also, if...
Hi Olaf, as ever with topics like these I was just joking, even if I believe the percentage of people who want their king back is higher in Bavaria than in...