I have only had Malachite Prism for 2 years now, both the Diploid and the Tet. version obtained in 2018. I received 2 fans of each. The original diploid has increased to 5 fans and the Tet. version has increased to 7 fans. Both have bloomed for me 2 seasons and have had quite beautiful blooms. Even though the diploid has fewer fans, it produced more scapes and blooms than the Tet. conversion and set more pods than the Tet. conversion. The diploid gets lots of morning sun and then some afternoon shade and the Tet. gets morning shade and then afternoon sun (may be the difference in performance). The diploid is coming back this year with the original two fans very thick and robust so may very well catch up with the Tet. on increase this year. It's handling our freeze/thaw cycles we have here (7b) very well thus far and I'm happy about that. Not as touchy for me as I have read some reports of. While not a super fast increaser (a bonus for some people), I am glad I got this one and enjoy it very much.
