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...

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Slippers tank

Well, it is actually my old tank number two, but slippers almost completely took over it:



I have sold bunch of phalaenopsis hybrids on ebay, threw away few plants that didn't cooperate and now there is some space available for paphiopedilum seedlings to grow in:



And also for newly preordered phragmipedium flasks that I will get in October.
Just for the history - a closer picture of Paph. hangianum seedlings, I am fussing around them a bit because they are kind of rare:

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Paphiopedilum callosum deflasked

Maudae type species that is supposed to be easy to grow and bloom. Paphiopedilum callosum x sib.



I counted 35 plantlets. Some of them have yellowing leaves at the bottom. Since they are bottom leaves - I will not worry about it for now.

Paphiopedilum Paul Parks deflasked

Sanderianum primary hybrid - Paphiopedilum Paul Parks. Hopefully more vigorous than my sanderianum seedlings.
Cross is sanderianum 'Lady in Red' x adductum var. anitum 'Ace' AM/AOS.



There are about 26 seedlings, all pretty uniform in size. I didn't bother with small protocorm-sized plantlets, just threw them away.