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Originally Posted by buzzlightyear
Hi Nicole,
welcome back. I have just joined the forum. Still finding my way around.
I see you are getting into paphs, they are very forgiving which I like. I mean I go for the most challenging a lot but the problem with the most chalenging is that it can fail far more.
Go for forgiving and the plants live forever without having to do much right.
On to that note I want to push you on to the 2024 plant project (sarcos are so last year lol), Tolumnia's 
I have ordered mine. They are arriving next week.
I see you did order one just recently, how is it doing? Hope I can get just one member I can compare progress with this year lol.
I don't often agree with much I read on this forum which is a real shame so I'm hoping there will be something this forum can offer instead.
Imagine you were a chicken keeper and wanted to discuss chicken farming and the only forums you could discuss chicken keeping was on forums where chicken butchers hang out. You ask what is wrong with my chicken and the only answer you get is, what is wrong with your chicken is that its not in a soup yet.
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I killed 2 Tolumnia's in 6 months
. During summer they did well but once I had to take them indoors they went downhill fast, it was to be expected. That's why I'm not going to participate this spring project. Humidity during winter is way to low (30-40%) and I'm not ready to invest in a terrarium-like setting for 1 species.
Without I can't keep up with
misting/watering them.
I did join a project years ago with the Haraella odorata end the 20023 project Sarcochilus.
To be honest, I want to collect more Sarcochilus, and I have a awesome source for them, but I have to order them online, get them every now and then. Recently added 2.
I'm hooked on these little beauties. Currently 2 of them have the beginning of 2 spikes each.
I like them better than the Paph. Also size wise.
Paph's are easy to get here but can get very expensive, I doubt I'll add a substantial number in the future because of that. But I found a source for young plants which are cheaper, so maybe...
I would like to have some multi floral.
Most of them I have to order online but yesterday I stumbled upon the USA hybrid and the Leeanum, in a hardware store of all places. Wasn't shopping for orchids, but for me, in the past, they were easy bloomers. And it's always nice to have something blooming during the dark winter months.
In the past I had many Dendrobiums. Adding a few for fun, easy growers for me too. Have a young densiflorum, 2-3 years from flowering. It does well.
Might add some more Den's too. That Berry Oda is such a plant that I added for fun. Easy to grow, dainty little flowers which smell heavenly. But very common here. Maybe too common to collect.
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that I also bought Paphiopedilum Ma Folie. A think this hybrid is created by Akerne Orchids in Belgium.
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