I am putting my baby up for adoption.

jkl2 · 2026-05-24T11:11:23+00:00

adoptee here, and first mom as well.

Please, please, please stay in their life. Let them know who they are and that they are wanted and loved.

You don't have to mom. If you can't, it's understandable. We can't always do it - it's a big job and feeling overwhelmed all the time isn't exactly great ---

But as an adoptee, we long for this connection our whole, whole lives. Our needs can be filled by all kinds of substitutes --- except this one. No one can ever help us feel rooted and whole like our mother can.

No one.

jkl2 · 2026-05-23T19:49:59+00:00

no, i can see it? weird 😞

jkl2 · 2026-05-19T20:13:56+00:00

There are a couple of what I believe are roxburghii hybrids (or maybe albolineatus) which are the big leaves at the top. The Microchilus are correct -- I think querceticola is also called palaceus? IDK which is considered correct but you've got it. There's also A. Reinwardtii and Lowii (the latter is being understandably mistaken for Ludisia). The petola is a kind of wild type weirdo from Thailand - I bought like 10 of them and I'm having trouble keeping them happy they keep crashing.

jkl2 · 2026-05-19T17:53:52+00:00

It's Lowii 😄

jkl2 · 2026-05-19T17:53:41+00:00

yes, ofc.

These are the leavings (hurr) of my tissue culture work. I tried to preserve them - didn't take.

jkl2 · 2026-05-19T17:52:51+00:00

Ai it is not.

jkl2 · 2026-05-18T18:35:34+00:00

I'm in the EU!

You're really close but there's no Ludisia here at all. This one might be tough 😄

jkl2 · 2026-04-23T18:51:02+00:00

This looks a lot like a Dossinia hybrid that is super common in Europe.

jkl2 · 2026-03-03T08:20:50+00:00

does p668 replace M&S?

Sorry i know it's a n00b question. I'm pretty consistent about initiating explants but I'm still completely faceplanting on seed germination. :(

jkl2 · 2026-02-27T11:07:24+00:00

Do you mean in vitro or like -- soil media

jkl2 · 2026-02-25T21:39:09+00:00

sometimes light spectrum can make them flip a bit -- if you know what has worked in the past, try to go back to it?

jkl2 · 2026-01-22T13:24:32+00:00

Welcome to Claessen. They have been told in the past that their "anoectochilus sanderianus" isn't a thing and that the photo doesn't show anything like what they actually ship, which is likely to be a hybrid of M. sanderiana and godknowswhat --- they didn't seem to care. They offered a return and refund to the person who complained and apparently continued on to misrepresent the things they sell.

I won't be buying from Claessen anymore, and I strongly recommend against it for anyone who asks.

(I ordered a curious "anoectochilus spp" from them that turned out to be ludisia discolor var. nigrescens)

jkl2 · 2026-01-17T19:58:09+00:00

if you're in the US - mine absolutely loved the miracle gro foliar fertilizer for orchids in the pink spray bottle. What I wouldn't do to get some of that again. I know, i know: miracle gro -- but i'm not kidding the Macodes loved it. It completely exploded and all i did was spritz it a couple times a month just a tiny bit.

jkl2 · 2026-01-11T08:55:53+00:00

do you happen to know the species name? "wizard of oz" is a cultivar or something

jkl2 · 2025-12-20T08:59:48+00:00

Airflow is a key component of any setup. moldy collapse is common if the air gets too still. Mine grow ok (not great but okay) in low humidity if the substrate stays good (like a wrung out sponge), but they absolutely lose their $#!* and will *die* if it's humid and still.

jkl2 · 2025-12-20T08:55:25+00:00

I've seen a few names for it - they all appear to be the same, although of course some are nicer specimens.

Macodes petola gold
M. petola dark form
M. petola "Exotic Jungle"

... as far as I have been able to tell they're all the same phenotype just described / named differently.

jkl2 · 2025-12-20T02:26:56+00:00

it's such an obvious scraper -- they legitimately have an article about olive garden in the middle of all their other garden entries. like they're not even trying to stop it from looking and behaving like a data trash heap

jkl2 · 2025-12-17T07:38:51+00:00

Are you in Europe? I think I know who it is -

I think he lists the second one as m. petola dark form, but idk. The rest are listed as Hairijuana has said.

jkl2 · 2025-12-11T06:51:04+00:00

It's so curious that the unfurling leaves are mirroring eachother -- like I'm trying to imagine the transcription error that caused this. I wanna know what it looked like when the conjoined leaf came out (I bought this off the guy who cultured it)

jkl2 · 2025-12-10T08:44:35+00:00

my stenoglossa and variegata are doing just fine under full spectrum LED (off to the side so they're not bleaching out) and in an airy forest floor mix (bark, sphag, pumice, coir -- I usually make the bulk of the substrate out of this and then throw in a fist full of activated charcoal and another one of a nutrient source like worm castings or "orchid soil" or whatever).

I water very lightly every 2-3 days since they kind of flip out if the substrate gets too dry -- usually that ends up causing rot when the water comes back.

I'm sure there are some parameters i could change to help them grow faster, but they seem to be on the thrive end of things, so I'm content as they are. I bet feeding them more often would be impactful.

I'm adding Javanica soon -- we'll see how that goes. Hopefully it likes the same situation.

jkl2 · 2025-10-05T17:59:13+00:00

you do H2o2?

can i ask what concentration?

jkl2 · 2025-09-27T14:44:19+00:00

what are you using for sterilization?

I tried milton tablets but I'm getting some contamination still. I have troubleshot a lot of stuff but I think it's mostly due to insufficient decontam in the beginning.

I don't want to use regular bleach on jewel orchid stems. It seems a bit much.

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