A New Bloom! - Orchid Board

NYCorchidman · #1 12-05-2011, 12:46 AM

This is a cross of Paph. Freamont Peak 'HOF' (pic#1) and Paph. Hsinying Rubyweb 'Raisin' (pic#2).
I like the Paph. Freamont Peak and this cross look much the same as that one except with more of pink on the dorsal.

By the way, can anyone tell me what HOF in the name stands for?

I wish the overall plant size was smaller though, like my two other large flowered paphs, Hsinying Citron x Lawrencianum (my first maudiae type which blooms twice a year, shown next to the red amaryllis in the group picture) and Meon x Oriental Lawrence 15 ( bottom right with the large white dorsal in the group pic).

The third picture came out rather dark, but it shows the detail of the pouch and the petal. The actual color of the flower is most close to how it came out in the group picture.

I love to look at my maudiae types under the lamp every night.

Enjoy!

greenbean · #2 12-05-2011, 12:52 AM

Beautiful! I wish I had that many paphs blooming! I have a couple in spike but they'll be quite some time. And I wish I could grow Amaryllis too. They always seem to get weaker and weaker. I don't think I can give them enough light or warmth.

NYCorchidman · #3 12-05-2011, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by greenbean

Beautiful! I wish I had that many paphs blooming! I have a couple in spike but they'll be quite some time. And I wish I could grow Amaryllis too. They always seem to get weaker and weaker. I don't think I can give them enough light or warmth.

Glad you like them.

They are my maudiae collection, which may or may not grow in the future.

I have three more pots of maudiae of different colors in the bathroom, and some complex type, Honey, fairrieanum hybrid. All in bloom or in bud. I love them.

As for amaryllis, yes, they require full sun to grow properly. Are you near Tacoma? If it is too cool or cloudy a lot, then you can grow them by the sunny window and they will do great, which is what I do in NYC. Full sun is the most important to be successful. If you can't give them enough sun, then they will not grow large enough bulbs to produce flowers every year. You might be better off buying bulbs every year.

I have quite a few that I've been growing for years and I keep buying a few new varieties each fall. love them all but eventually I will have to keep just a couple of reds (I tend to have many reds) that I like the best and the rest due to limited space. I have lots of orchids and amaryllis take up quite a bit of space with their tall leaves stretching in all directions.

Look up some of these names I recommend. Basuto (very large red bloom, the one in the picture here), Double Six, Amigo, Merry Christmas, Liberty, Royal Velvet: different shades of red ones so far, and Alfresco (also in the group picture but in fading phase now, white double with fragrance, five, six flowers per stem and each bulb makes three or more stems!), Bolero (large rose pink bloom, which not common for amaryllis) and Aphrodite, my favorite!!!

I could go on forever!
Well, this might turn into an amaryllis forum now.

msaar · #4 12-05-2011, 03:41 AM

HOF = Hilo Orchd Farm

NYCorchidman · #5 12-05-2011, 08:32 PM

Oh, now I know! Thanks for the enlightenment!

greenbean · #6 12-05-2011, 10:30 PM

I'm about 85 miles south of Tacoma. I've tried a couple Amaryllis in my south-facing window and outside during the summer. It's just not enough and they end up not being worth all the space they need. Won't stop me from drooling over them in catalogs like John Scheepers though.

Orchids are more rewarding (and more compact, lol) for me. I only have 2 maudiae types, but plan to get more when I get a chance to expand. I have 2 parvi hybrids, 3 complex hybrids, and one species (gratrixianum). I really like Paphs because they grow well for me and many of them have beautiful foliage as well as blooms.

NYCorchidman · #7 12-07-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by greenbean

I'm about 85 miles south of Tacoma. I've tried a couple Amaryllis in my south-facing window and outside during the summer. It's just not enough and they end up not being worth all the space they need. Won't stop me from drooling over them in catalogs like John Scheepers though.

Orchids are more rewarding (and more compact, lol) for me. I only have 2 maudiae types, but plan to get more when I get a chance to expand. I have 2 parvi hybrids, 3 complex hybrids, and one species (gratrixianum). I really like Paphs because they grow well for me and many of them have beautiful foliage as well as blooms.

Hmmm, even in the south window it didn't work...maybe it was too hot in the south window or the watering issue. or virused specimen...
All day sun is the best for an optimal growth for amaryllis, but I grew mine on the west facing window that got about 4 hours of direct sun in the afternoon.
I watered it everyday. They grew huge bulbs (size of a baseball or bigger!!!) they are all shooting up two or three flower stalks now.

I like orchids for their very long flowering period. Paphs are relatively small, so I can have lots of them.

well, although I found out that some other paphs that I like to try are quite large, so those are out of option for me.

By the way, sometimes, I wish I had a second home on the west coast so I can grow cymbidiums

greenbean · #8 12-08-2011, 01:59 AM

There isn't much heat to begin with where I live, and my home is air conditioned. I would say a lack of heat was more likely than too much. My amaryllis never really liked to go dormant in fall. It may also be that my parents didn't take good care of my Amaryllis when I went to college. That's the trouble with having plants and moving back and forth during the year, I can't take all my plants with me, just the ones I consider the most important. I told my parents to put priority on the orchids and they did, so I can't really complain. lol.

Most of my Paphs are small too, but I do have a multifloral called Berenice that's one of the larger types. My smallest is Fumi's Delight. Just found another new growth on my Fumi's Delight today. It's proving much easier than I thought a Parvi type would. I'm rather fond of Parvi's. Those and more Maudiae types (and maybe a couple of the big multiflorals) are on my list for spring.

NYCorchidman · #9 12-09-2011, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by greenbean

There isn't much heat to begin with where I live, and my home is air conditioned. I would say a lack of heat was more likely than too much. My amaryllis never really liked to go dormant in fall. It may also be that my parents didn't take good care of my Amaryllis when I went to college. That's the trouble with having plants and moving back and forth during the year, I can't take all my plants with me, just the ones I consider the most important. I told my parents to put priority on the orchids and they did, so I can't really complain. lol.

Most of my Paphs are small too, but I do have a multifloral called Berenice that's one of the larger types. My smallest is Fumi's Delight. Just found another new growth on my Fumi's Delight today. It's proving much easier than I thought a Parvi type would. I'm rather fond of Parvi's. Those and more Maudiae types (and maybe a couple of the big multiflorals) are on my list for spring.

Amaryllis can stay evergreen. Commercial growers force them to have bloom for holiday seasons. It is not necessary otherwise.
The most important part of it all is to grow the bulb as large as possible to get nice bloom each year.

Well, at least your parents took good care of your other plants.

I am not a fan of Parvi's. It took me a while before I started to get an interst in any paph. They just looked really weird to me. Too exotic maybe.
Now I have a bunch! I even have ones posted here, the ones with dots on the flower, which I really really hated before. now I'm opening up more to new things.
Those unproportionally large pouch might be why I have hard time developing interest in Parvis.

Different people have different interest I guess.
how do they grow for you by the way?

Melody · #10 12-10-2011, 01:40 AM

I love your group shot...very stunning. And I'm also totally jealous that your Amaryllis are doing so well. I have 2 Amaryllis I got last year in Nov. and they never bloomed...just grew lots of leaves....so I gave them lots of love over the summer and then gave them a winter treatment to force them to bloom for Christmas this year, and what do I have: more leaves!!! arg! makes me want to just chuck them out the window.

Anyways, I think paphs look so much better in groups.