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Nepenthes maxima

First pitcher since I bought her last december. It's coming out beautiful.

#11-04-2024 #Nepenthes maxima #Nepenthes #carnivourousplant

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I have lost three Catasetinae so far to the aftermath of the thrips plague. I have been repotting the ones that show signs of activation. Still a few more to go.

They are late and weak compared to previous years.

This has been such a disaster...

#Orchids #Catasetinae

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Also, as it is a piece of wood that is made with the though of having food on it, it doesn't have any harmful varnish or chemicls that could potentially poison your food, so it won't harm your plants either. Food safe = plant safe.

Platycerium superbum

Growing at an alarming rate.

#platycerium superbum #platycerium

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Thank you. Yes, I shower it. About once a week. Sometimes I mist with weak foliar fertiliser. BTW, it's just a regular cutting board, hehehe.

Platycerium superbum

Growing at an alarming rate.

#Platycerium superbum #Platycerium

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Platycerium superbum

Growing at an alarming rate.

#Platycerium superbum #Platycerium #ferns #fern #09-03-2024

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Platycerium superbum

I bought it last december and I mounted it today on a cutting table. I think it came out quite nicely.

#Platycerium superbum #Platycerium #06-01-2024

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You cannot have thrips if you don't have leaves for them to suck on and put their eggs, and if you don't have roots or substrate for them to pupate and hide, right?

Right?!

#thrips plague 2023 #the desperation

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Removing/changing all substrate, cutting leaves, cutting roots, submersing what little is left of the orchid in alcohol, detergent, then hydrogen peroxide.

Repeat for more than 50 orchids.

It's exhausting and I have barely started....

If this doesn't work I'm setting the whole collection on fire and then killing myself.

#fucking thrips #if you eve get thrips don't even bother #just burn everything to the ground

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None of my orchids is going to make it this season.

#I am about to give up

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I activated the third shelf in the growroom. I need to keep a safety distance between each orchid to slow down the pest contagion...

#growroom #orchids #la empresa de la luz me adora

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I can't believe I got an Epiphyllum anguliger cutting 🥲

#Epiphyllum

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Catasetum macrocarpum flower spike with happy sap.

#Catasetum macrocarpum #Catasetum #Orchid #Orchids #05-04-2023 #Catasetinae

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Cycnoches cooperi

A recent adquisition. Elegant species. It arrived off-season, so I am a little worries about its short-term development.

#04-03-2023 #orchids #orchid #catasetinae #cycnoches #Cycnoches cooperi

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Cycnoches TIDC Purple Frilled Lizard 'Orange Coffee'

This Cycnoches hybrid also suffered a lot during this past summer and could only put out a single flower, but I still love it. The shape of the labellum is stunning.

#04-03-2023 #orchids #orchid #catasetinae #cycnoches #Cycnoches TIDC Purple Frilled Lizard 'Orange Coffee'

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Zygopetalum Trozy Blue

This hybrid suffered a lot during the unending heatwaves from last summer, but is recovering steadily.

#04-03-2023 #Zygopetalum #Zygopetalum Trozy Blue #orchid #orchids

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Fredclarkeara After Dark ‘Black Pearl’

Uploading to keep track of the anomalous new growth.

#02-03-2023 #Fredclarkeara #catasetinae #black pearl #orchid #orchids

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Cycnoches lehmannii

Posting these photos to keep track of these irregular new growths on my Cycnoches lehmannii.

#Cycnoches lehmannii #orchid #orchids #Catasetinae #26-02-2023