| Well Miss Wendy! I own the bellina, and the stuartiana. My bellina I have had for a year, but I did not get it from Oak Hill. It is very sensitive to temperature flucuations, below about 57 F and it is not happy, I almost killed it when it got below that in the window. Mine has grown very fast since I bought it, and it likes being potted in sphag moss in a clay pot. My stuartiana is a hapy little camper, and I did buy it from Oak Hill just a couple of months ago. It was small when it got here, but it has doubled in size since I bought it. It did not even skip a beat when I repotted it, and I definitely recommend getting one. I put a pic of my stuartiana on here for you. I love the leaves.
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"If nature ever showed her playfulness in the formation of plants, this is visible in the most striking way among the orchids. They take on the form of little birds, of lizards, of insects, a man, a woman, sometimes like a clown who excites our laughter. They represent the image of a lazy tortoise, a melancholy toad, an agile, ever-chattering monkey. Nature has formed orchid flowers in such a way that, unless they make us laugh, they surely excite our greatest admiration." Jacob Breynius
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