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Thread: Slow growing Rock Laelia

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  1. July 29th, 2006, 07:38 PM #1
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    Default Slow growing Rock Laelia

    A real beauty!
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  2. July 29th, 2006, 07:41 PM #2
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    Wow, great colors!
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    is that some variation of L. milleri?
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  4. July 29th, 2006, 09:13 PM #4
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    I'm not sure. It was sold to me as Rupielia Laelia.
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    Very pretty.
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    do you have shots of the growing medium, by any chance, Abro?
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    I can post a pic tomorrow, but I use Hadite; which is a type of aggregate. It works well with alot of different plants. I use it in my mix with Cattleya, and a few other types.
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    Love that color!!
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    What a beaut!

    I wonder if it is some kind of hybrid with Laelia milleri and Sophronitis coccinea?
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