Monday Morning In The Greenhouse - Orchid Board

BikerDoc5968 · #1 11-15-2010, 01:14 PM

Well the bulldogs are beginning to open up. I am somewhat disappointed because the dorsal have a break in the color and the yellow is lop-sided.... Hopefully they will be better next year.

Ysa · #2 11-15-2010, 01:25 PM

Amazing!!!

Hedge · #3 11-15-2010, 06:47 PM

I love "Satin Stone" - it is such a beautiful flower. Is it hard to grow, Howard?

Duane McDowell · #4 11-15-2010, 07:53 PM

These look great! Be patient with them. The bulldog types are really sensitive to changes in moisture levels while they are in bud. Translated, this means that young plants are very susceptible to flower imperfections. So are plants that have been repotted recently. And plants that should have been repotted but weren't. And plants that were shipped in bud. And plants that were allowed to dry out one day too long while they were in bud... You get the picture.
Best bet is to keep them growing and let them get big. You'll probably find as years pass that the green one is easier to get ideal blooms on than the others. I think it's just that they're more vigorous overall. Keep good roots on them, grow them as big as you can - that will show you what they can do.
btw - the "Michael Koopowitz x rothschildianum" is mislabeled (that's a slow-growing long-petalled multifloral type with plain green strappy leaves). Looks like a maudiae type crossed with villosum or something. Send the picture to the grower you got it from. They may be able to get you a good name for it.

BikerDoc5968 · #5 11-15-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hedge

I love "Satin Stone" - it is such a beautiful flower. Is it hard to grow, Howard?

While this is the first flower for me, I would assume it isn't any more difficult to grow than any other Paph. Having said that, many people can grow Oncidium Alliance plants but for me DEAD almost as soon as I get them into the greenhouse!

BikerDoc5968 · #6 11-15-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Duane McDowell

These look great! Be patient with them. The bulldog types are really sensitive to changes in moisture levels while they are in bud. Translated, this means that young plants are very susceptible to flower imperfections. So are plants that have been repotted recently. And plants that should have been repotted but weren't. And plants that were shipped in bud. And plants that were allowed to dry out one day too long while they were in bud... You get the picture.
Best bet is to keep them growing and let them get big. You'll probably find as years pass that the green one is easier to get ideal blooms on than the others. I think it's just that they're more vigorous overall. Keep good roots on them, grow them as big as you can - that will show you what they can do.
btw - the "Michael Koopowitz x rothschildianum" is mislabeled (that's a slow-growing long-petalled multifloral type with plain green strappy leaves). Looks like a maudiae type crossed with villosum or something. Send the picture to the grower you got it from. They may be able to get you a good name for it.

Thanks for the info about MK. I got the plant from a local grower and I've had some of his plants mislabeled in the past. I doubt he'd be much help with an ID. I thought it should have longer petals from the rothschildianum parent as well as the MK parent (philippinense and sanderianum). So you can imagine my sadness when it didn't look like it was supposed to. It's an OK flower but certainly NOT what's on the tag!

RosieC · #7 11-17-2010, 07:55 PM

Really like those. Especially the first one.

RJSquirrel · #8 11-20-2010, 07:46 AM

beautiful paphs mister

The bulldogs look good...And great info on the bulldog buds Duane.

I hope mine look half as good as yours, even a little deformed is okey..I just like to see blooms and know that I can do this too

..we get to perfection later

jim blanford · #9 11-20-2010, 01:59 PM

Alot of nice things going on there Howard, sorry about the MK, I thought it might be mismarked, good growing..... Jim.

BikerDoc5968 · #10 11-20-2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jim blanford

Alot of nice things going on there Howard, sorry about the MK, I thought it might be mismarked, good growing..... Jim.

Problem now Jim, is that I probably will never know what it is because the person from whom I purchased the plant won't have a clue! This isn't the first plant I've bought from him that was mislabeled.