A nice thing about learning these skills is that they may be applied to many other plants with similar culture! I love this forum because it gives me a chance to help increase the skills of new growers! At the same time, I am learning how to grow more demanding plants from other growers all over the world that have these skills in place. It's a fantastic community full of generosity and good will. Before the internet, exchanges like this were impossible. Before the internet ( in 1983 B.I.) it took a month to send a letter to Australia and as long for a reply. By the time advice arrived on a cultural problem, the plant was often dead. As for getting new species, in the 80's I was lucky to add 5 new species to my collection a year, and that was *working* on it. Forums like this are a huge blessing, and I would like to add my thanks to Phill and Jaie for affording us this chance to learn and share.
Thanks to you as well for wanting to learn to do it right. CP's need good stewards these days! At the present rate of habitat erosion, good stewards are these species best bet for survival. So I hope that you, and many others, will continue the chain of generosity and goodwill along with the task of promoting the plants and educating others on how to grow them. Keep the ball rolling, and posterity will thank you. We cannot allow these marvellous plants to become just photos in a book.