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I have struggled with some plants and have had success with others; there is </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">definitely room for me to improve my cultural conditions...but afterall I am growing orchids in a closet!<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />I have had the best luck with the mericlones <span style="font-style: italic;">Blc. </span>Memoria Vida Lee 'Limelight' </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">and <span style="font-style: italic;">Ctna. </span>Highland, having bloomed both numerous times since their purchase. However, there hasn't been much success with the appealing <span style="font-style: italic;">C. walkeriana</span> varieties or <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophronitis </span>species. Currently there is quite a range in plant health among the collection, some doing exceedingly well, others tolerating their current conditions while others still just struggling for survival (<span style="font-style: italic;">Pseudolaelia vellozicola</span> & <span style="font-style: italic;">S. acuensis</span>).<br /><br />Similiarly, there are plants in the collection that have more value that others, <span style="font-style: italic;">Laeliocattleya </span>Rojo and Gold Digger for example are practically worthless, yet I am reluctant to pitch them. However, with the Pacific Orchid Exposition occurring in February the mericlones and slow growers may have to give way for more interesting canidates.<br /><br />Aside from the challenge succesfully blooming -- and reblooming -- these fascinating plants, I have a growing interest in climate physiology and thermotolerances inherent in individual species. As such the collection has slanted towards Mexican <span style="font-style: italic;">Laelia </span>species like <span style="font-style: italic;">L. anceps, autumnalis, bancalaurii, </span>and<span style="font-style: italic;"> gouldiana</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Cattleya intermedia </span>has also attracted my attention for its purported thermotolerance. The goal of all this would be to successfully cultivate a wide variety of plants outdoors.<br /><br />Over the next few weeks I'll be studying different plants for their fitness and current health condition. I will also need to decide the fate of the plants that don't fit into the collection like the dendrobiums and phalenopsis hybrids. 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