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Collection Update - April 2025

The collection has moved to a new, bigger tent!

Plants in spike or bloom

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Let's have a look through all of my green pets living in a new and improved grow tent. 18 April 2025 • Orchid collection tour in the new tent I got a much larger grow tent to house my collection, but there's a problem with where I decided to set it up: it's too cold! I'm going to have to get creative to get the daytime temps up into the ideal range for intermediate- and warm-growing orchids. Either that, or disassemble the whole thing and move it back upstairs! 12 April 2025 • Moving to a bigger tent Let's look at the plants in the cool tent to see if we can find some indications of light levels. My new plants are from https://bitisbotanical.com 5 April 2025 • Looking for signs of too much light Cattleya mossiae (R.E. Patterson × Panther Creek) has bloomed!
Several other Cattleya have sheaths, and some new plants have made their way into the collection from https://bitisbotanical.com 30 March 2025 • C. mossiae and some new plants Sheaths are popping up in several Cattleya growths. A moment of carelessness results in a snapped bud. Clivia miniata in full bloom. 22 March 2025 • Watching the Cattleyas This week's video starts out with a closer look at the Cattleyas with new growths, especially the ones that have pushed sheaths! How many will actually flower? 15 March 2025 • Cattleya growths...and sheaths • Warm tent, windowsill, and cool tent updates In bloom:
Clivia miniata
Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat 
Masdevallia Machu Picchu 
Spiking: Cattleya mossiae
New growth: Nearly everything! 8 March 2025 • Warm tent • Cool tent • Windowsill update

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