Three Cheers for Mr. Koopowitz

[Jennyfleur]

Originally Posted by jrodpad

Excellent! You will love it. I'm on the hunt for a little mini that he's made that has charlesworthii in it - the name escapes me at the moment, but it's this little yellow and white jem - and it really is tiny. I'll hunt down a pic and post it a little later on. In any event, I highly recommend these minis, they're really something.

-J

Oo, I look forward to seeing if you're able to track down a pic

In the meantime, what sort of growing conditions do you give the Lynleigh? did you change anything to prompt flowering? (just curious as I've read mixed things about restricting water and lowering temps over the winter, so I wondered what you do, if anything)

[jrodpad]

I treat it just like my other paphs - same light as the phals and twice the wattering frequency (2x/week). Temps are my house temps, so they vary a fair bit. Usually 70s or 80s during the day and 60s or 70s at night. During the winter, night temps drop as low as 55. Humidity stinks - 50s I I'm lucky.

-J

[Jennyfleur]

Sounds as if we have quite similar conditions Thanks for the info

[jrodpad]

No problem. You should post pics. Even if it's in rough shape, you can do before and after pics. These will be the before pics.

I can't wait to see if the bud behind the bloom opens at the same time - it would look so nice with 2 blooms opened together.

-J

[WhiteRabbit]

that's a beauty!

[Jennyfleur]

Originally Posted by jrodpad

I can't wait to see if the bud behind the bloom opens at the same time - it would look so nice with 2 blooms opened together.

-J

Oh, definately! Looking forward to updates

I'm off to my first orchid show in a couple of weeks or so, so I want to see if there's anything I can pick up there. If not, I'll try and sneak in an order for Mr. L Koopowitz and some of the others I'd like (the only thing is that the vendor that has all these lovelies charges about £20 postage, so it's not going to be a cheap order! hence waiting til after the orchid show, just in case!)

[jrodpad]

Quick update - turns out she can hold onto 2 blooms at the same time (for now at least).

Snuck a quick pic on my way out the door with the handy cell phone cam again. Couldn't help myself - I had to share.



- J

[Jennyfleur]

Well, I for one am glad you did I'm in love with the colouring of yours

[Triffid]

Very Nice!
Thanks for posting a picture of the whole plant too! It's always nice to get a good idea of scale

[quiltergal]

Oooo! Now I really can't wait for mine to put up a spike! Beautiful!