Even as my updates have gotten fewer, I've also been finding less and less time for watering my collection.  Where before I ...

A severely dehydrated Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy in bloom      My Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy took a big turn for the worse soon after I treate...

Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy      On March 09, I noticed some more rotten roots through the clear plastic, and decided that I could not ris...

Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy      My Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy is a big healthy phalaenopsis hybrid, with two nicely growing spikes, and an ext...

Phalaenopsis Orchids in spike      Six of my phalaenopsis orchids went into spike earlier this fall.  The spikes are maturing at var...

Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy      I was very excited to notice a second spike starting on Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy.  This a healthy orchid wit...

Dtps Yu Pin Burgundy on left, Phal Gold Tris 'Desk Pot' on right      It's a question we often ask ourselves, as amateur...

Newly repotted Dtps Jungo City (left) and Dtps Yu Pin Burgundy (Right)      Sphagnum moss is a good orchid media, and many people gr...

Dtps. Yu Pin Burgundy      This phal is slightly smaller than the Dtps. Jungo City , but not by much.  As the name suggests, this is...