Fascinating stuff. I am learning so much from you, man. Hmm: what are those Taiwanese breeders doing? They should be making hybrids that are more accessible to people in warmer/ drier/ centrally-heated places! Like the Australian breeders who are even making Oncidiinae hybrids we can all grow, like Burrageara, Colmanara, and other -aras. I think that is a big achievement. (I guess they had no choice but to tackle the issue seriously, since most of Australia is ONLY JUST above sea level!)
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The Taiwan 'floofies' like Sanyang Ruby, Chia Lin and Haw Yuan Gold are not really comfortable in our hot lowlands. They flower regularly but seldom if ever reach the size and brilliant colouring of those grown in cooler climes. This is dramatically illustrated when those grown in the lowlands are placed side by side with those grown in the Cameron Highlands (temp 60 - 75 F). But having said that the yellow with red lip types do extremely well in the hot, humid lowlands.