Successful Parvi Growers, share info!

[NYCorchidman]

I am well aware of the habitat data where individual species grow.

I would like to hear stories from people who have been successfully growing these plants (and hybrids) for a long time. Growing conditions in cultivations and what not.

I would also like to hear the comparision of this group with "maudiae" type hybrids as these are my love, and I have many that I have been able to grow well.

I have one Armeni White that I have had over one year with great success. I recently bought a few more of different plants of related groups.

Namely, Helen Congleton, Norito Hasegawa, Lyneigh Koopowitz, and Fumi's Delight. I wanted to buy a few more, but I wanted to wait and see how I fare with these.

Windowsill or under light growers especially welcome!

Thanks in advance!

[weederwoman]

For two years I've been reading through back posts here and on slippertalk forum, and here is the wisdom I've gleaned:
Many people try a lot of techniques, but they wouldn't necessarily call themselves successful.
Some people just put them in pots and they take off like crazy. They can't really tell you why.

Good luck
Laurel

[NYCorchidman]

Anyone else?

By the way, my Lynleigh Koopowitz is spiking! yay!!!
I wonder how long the wait will be, but I guess I will find out before the summer comes. lol

[The Orchid Boy]

One thing I've found is sometimes you just have to try a different clone. You may struggle with one plant for a long time, but you try another of the same hybrid/species but a different clone and it may do so much better. Like one of my delenatiis will clump and keep lots of growths, another just keeps very few growths at a time.

[NYCorchidman]

That is true for maudiaes as well, although maudiae have been for the most part very easy.
Some will clump easier than other, some grow faster than others, bloom more often...

I just lack experience with parvis and only read how not so cooperative they can be based on reading.
I got the taste after being successful with Armeni White.

If I had all the space, I would love to buy a whole bunch and just sort out the runts and keep the best, but that is not an option right now. and I don't like ordering something I do not see in person.

Even at the show, there were some nice sized malipoense, Lynleigh, delenatii...BUT! they all had problems. brown rust disease (or mites?) on leaves and scratches... I was lucky to be able to find seemingly healthy ones last month and this past weekend.

I wanted to buy delrosi and dollgoldii, but they both had issues at the base of the plants.

The ones I mentioned in my first post were all bought early January, so time will tell whether I got nice clones or runts.

I think I spotted low bud on my Lynleigh Koopowitz though so I'm super excited!

I will only keep the plant if I like the flower shape though. I've seen some ugly ones. well, of course, this is highly personal.

I think my Fumi's Delight is already on the downhill. didn't have much confidence any way and don't know why I bought it in the first place. lol

All else seem to be slowly adapting.

By the way, I just bought a few more from the Deep Cut.

Now I have paph. Vanda M. Pearman with two large actively growing fans (mainly because the plant looked so healthy, but I hated almost all the spictures of this hybrid except for very round and pink one) and a small seedling of a cross between Lynleigh Koopowitz and delenatii. I don't know what I was thinking as I don't do small seedling that I have to test my patience. Again, it too looked healthy, so cute, and very cheap. maybe it will flower in the next two years, and it will hopefully look like larger version of Armeni White, but who knows?

What parvis do you have?

Oh, I bought one brachy last month as well and it is supposedly the toughest one to grow, but it has been slowly growing.

[quiltergal]

I had a Yellow Magic which is Norito Hasegawa crossed back to armeniacum. It was a very slow grower for me, and I was able to flower it once. The flower was actually quite nice. It's now living with JeremyinSF. I also have a Lynleigh Koopowitz that was a rescue plant. It has not done much at all. I think I need to repot it and see if that doesn't kick start it. Maybe it is taking forever because it was so stressed when I bought it.

I love Vanda M. Pearman! Wish I had one! I think it has such a lovely flower.

The only problem with Parvis is the flowers typically don't last as long as some of the other sections. 4 weeks seems to be the max for mine.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by quiltergal

I had a Yellow Magic which is Norito Hasegawa crossed back to armeniacum. It was a very slow grower for me, and I was able to flower it once. The flower was actually quite nice. It's now living with JeremyinSF. I also have a Lynleigh Koopowitz that was a rescue plant. It has not done much at all. I think I need to repot it and see if that doesn't kick start it. Maybe it is taking forever because it was so stressed when I bought it.

I love Vanda M. Pearman! Wish I had one! I think it has such a lovely flower.

The only problem with Parvis is the flowers typically don't last as long as some of the other sections. 4 weeks seems to be the max for mine.

Yellow Magic was one of the plants I wanted to buy this past weekend, but the plant didn't look healthy, so I didn't buy it. There is also Norito Hasegawa crossed back to malipoense (Nori's Song), which is also nice and probably easier to grow and bloom.

I already have healthy single growth Lynleigh Koopowitz, but I was really tempted to pick up more just to increase my chance of getting flowers I want.
There were two multi-growth plants available at the show, but they were both crappy plants with brown rust on some leaves.

My Armeni White lasts about one month, so I guess I have to live with that. hahaha

Ho Chi Min is the worst I heard. I find the flower pretty, but after reading about the bloom life span, I was like, forget it.

I bought paph. Vanda M. Pearman just because it looked so healthy and I was dreaming and hoping it would make flowers I like.

If I ever see flowers on mine and I don't like it, you can have it. if you like, of course.

Why did you give away Yellow Magic??

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Originally Posted by naoki

You might have seen this info, but just in case:
enpervcult.html
I know that you are talking about artificial hybrids, but the requirements for species within this section varies quite a bit. P. micranthum and P. armeniacum are difficult for me.

Yeah, I am not into species, but I know all the details about where they live and all.

I just want cultivation information from others who does well with these. species and hybrids.

[naoki]

You might have seen this info, but just in case:
enpervcult.html
I know that you are talking about artificial hybrids, but the requirements for species within this section varies quite a bit. P. micranthum and P. armeniacum are difficult for me.

[Fairorchids]

I think most of the hybrids you mentioned are Parvi x Brachy. I do not do well with Parvi species, but hybrids do fine mixed in with my general collection of strapleaved Paphs in the greenhouse.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Fairorchids

I think most of the hybrids you mentioned are Parvi x Brachy. I do not do well with Parvi species, but hybrids do fine mixed in with my general collection of strapleaved Paphs in the greenhouse.

No, they are all parvi hybrids. The one thing that is of a result of parvi and brachy is paph. Vanda M. Pearman.

By strapleaved paphs, do you mean complex hybrids or multiflorals?

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Originally Posted by sbrofio

I've got only micranthum from 19th January. In front of the south facing window. I water ever 2 days with normal water.As you can see plant was already in bud. Normal temp in house (15/19°C - 59/66°F). Here the progress from 19th Jan to to today, 12nd Feb.

Wow~ I thought my paphs had hairy spikes, but that is some really freaky hairy spike there!
So keeping them very moist (every two day watering) helps it grow I guess. Your condition seems quite cool as well. I read micranthum comes from the highest elevation among all parvis.

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Originally Posted by minneSNOWta

I have been waiting months for my malipoense to bloom, but the bud aborted at about 90% from opening. It looked a little yellow and just fell off when I went to water it. Pretty depressing, but I will have to try harder. Also has a little brown rust that I hope I can overcome too.

I read about how long malipoense takes for its spike (and bud) to develop and then abort. That is a real bummer. I would be so upset!

Rust might have to do with it though.
There was one malipoense available at the show this past week, but it did have rust on leaves and of course I did not buy it.

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Originally Posted by The Orchid Boy

I've got a few hundred dollars worth of parvis on order for an upcoming orchid show. Plus just bought some from eBay. Now I just need a Paph. vietnamense v. alba & Paph. malipoense f. jackii...

Wow~ that is so exciting!!!

I have spent a few hundred dollars buying paphs (mostly maudiae types, my all time love!) at two of the local shows recently as well and all my new parvis (except for Armeni White which I have grown for over one year) are part of that shopping.

They are all in fresh mix, and I have been having fun watering with no fear!

This is beside the point of discussion, but I have also bought my very first mutifloral (well, I have P. Jolly Holiday which is a mix of multi and sequential, but bloomed like multi) that is supposed to arrive this week. I hope it doesn't come frozen. It is in spike. yay! so exicited!!!