Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Paphiopedilum malipoense deflasked

I got flask in a package today from Orchid Inn USA.
Paphiopedilum malipoense:



Seedlings looked pretty crowded there and I could see yellow bottom leaves on some of them.



So I decided to deflask right away. As always, the most difficult part was to untangle the roots from the puck of black jelly.



There were about 30 plantlets in the flask. They filled two trays full:



Sunday, September 7, 2014

New paphiopedilums

Relatively new actually. I got them in the beginning of August from the member of slippertalk forum.

Paphiopedilum Fanaticum:



- nice young plant with many healthy roots.

Paphiopedilum Fumi's Delight:



Multigrowth plant that previously bloomed. It came with a sheath on one growth but sheath promptly dried up, probably stressed from shipping and environment change.


Paphiopedilum Armeni White:



It is actually all one plant connected under medium with long runners. I decided to pot it into shallow tray so runners will have chance to come up easier. One of the growths has a bud starting.

Monday, September 1, 2014

Phalaenopsis violacea 'alba'

Here is an often-blooming plant:



It had a problem with rot that came on the edge of good leaf, so I had to cut a portion of that leaf, but it didn't affect the blooming pattern at all.
Fragrance is really nice...

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Phalaenopsis speciosa C1

Phalaenopsis speciosa C1 is doing "white blooming" again. There are quite a few blooms and buds on one spike and still few unopened buds on the second one.



I am missing the random red petals on this plant.



I forgot what factor of environment controls intensity of red, need to do some research...

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Paphiopedilum Paul Parks repotted

Paphiopedilum Paul Parks seedlings became a bit crowded in their tray:



I decided to graduate them to pots. As a result I got seven pots with three seedlings in each and two pots with four seedlings in each. I didn't expect such a good survival rate up to now:



I will probably leave myself 4 pots and make others available for trade or sale...