While genus Dracula supposedly isn't named after the fictional count, they both share a distaste for strong light. Here is a Dracula lotax that is kept in a mini glass terrarium. It helps keep the humidity high when the room isn't, but due to the con

A short summary on the results of mailing orchids with wireless sensors.We were curious to send a sensor in the mail and see what it would record in the different parts of the mail journey.So we sent some orchids to our friends and see what would hap

Hello!Here's a quick post on how a Leptotes bicolor grows. As Leptotes are in the Cattleya alliance, you'll see that their flower spikes grow from the base of the new leaves rather than the base of the plant. Thus you won't have trouble distinguishin

Hi everybody! This post is to help people distinguish and look for new growths, spikes, and roots.Here is a photo of the dracula lotax. Below you can see that the flower spike and root are very similar except that new growths and spikes will always h