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Collection Update - October 2024

Cycnoches Fire Embers received 4 awards at the DOS Fall Show and is now pushing 2 new spikes
Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS showing signs of growth in flower sheaths
Battling mites with water sprays, neem, insecticidal soap, and predators
Exciting project underway to have my blooming plants professionally photographed
Cycnoches and Clowesias are spiking, several blooming
Nepenthes eustachya has several lovely pale pink pitchers, full of gnats!

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Several autumn bloomers are stepping up all at once, lots of flowers on the way!
Visit my classroom where I am setting up a terrarium. Two other YouTubers, @elpilarorchids and @Melissa-loves-orchids are teachers who are also posting videos about plants in their classrooms today.

5 October 2024 • Collection update • Classroom terrarium setup Cycnoches season is well underway with three plants in bud, and the Clowesias are starting to spike as well.

Cycnoches season is well underway with three plants in bud, and the Clowesias are starting to spike as well.

28 September 2024 • Orchid and Carnivorous plant update Several Cycnoches as well as Cattleya maxima and Bulbophyllum medusae will be blooming soon!
One of my previously unnamed Cycnoches hybrids has a new name.

Several Cycnoches as well as Cattleya maxima and Bulbophyllum medusae will be blooming soon!
One of my previously unnamed Cycnoches hybrids has a new name.

22 September 2024 • More Cycnoches blooms on the way I couldn't be more excited about how well Cycnoches Fire Embers did at the DOS show this weekend.

15 September 2024 • Cycnoches wins awards at Denver Orchid Society Fall Show Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper' is in full bloom with 22 gorgeous flowers!
Mites are everywhere! I have introduced predatory mites Neoseiulus californicus to eat them and will introduce Neoseiulus fallacis next week. I'm not sure that they are spider mites since there is no webbing...maybe they are flat mites?

Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper' is in full bloom with 22 gorgeous flowers!
Mites are everywhere! I have introduced predatory mites Neoseiulus californicus to eat them and will introduce Neoseiulus fallacis next week. I'm not sure that they are spider mites since there is no webbing...maybe they are flat mites?

1 September 2024 • Cycnoches cooperi • Mite control

I closely inspect my plants several times a week, thankfully! Found spider mites, mostly on the Catasetinae.
Step 1: Took the budding Cycnoches to the shower and gave them a good dousing, to knock off as many mites as possible.
Step 2: Set the misting system to spray every 3-4 hours to keep humidity at 70% or higher. Spider mites prefer dry conditions and this should slow their spread.
Step 3: Ordered 2,000 Phytoseiulus persimilis predatory mites from Arbico. These mites are described as voracious predators of spider mites, but they must have 70% humidity or they will not develop properly and their eggs will not hatch. When conditions are right, it says one hungry predator will eat more than 50 spider mites and eggs per day!

24 August 2024 • Spider mites are back Several late summer bloomers are spiking, and others are nearly ready to open their flowers:
Cycnoches cooperi & Fire Embers
Bulbophyllum medusae & echinolabium
Cattleya maxima & rex
I received a couple of divisions of Cicschweinfia horichii yesterday that I would love for somebody to take.

Several late summer bloomers are spiking, and others are nearly ready to open their flowers:
Cycnoches cooperi & Fire Embers
Bulbophyllum medusae & echinolabium
Cattleya maxima & rex
I received a couple of divisions of Cicschweinfia horichii yesterday that I would love for somebody to take.

18 August 2024 • Orchid collection update and plant giveaway

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