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10-24-2015, 09:22 PM
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Den Nopporn Starbright
In many vendors photos, this dendrobium are shown with greenish petals so I was pretty surprised to find this one at a fair. Regardless, I actually didn't go for it because the plant is probably the worst of the bunch. The flower stalk heavily arched so the flower actually formed in pendant instead of expected erect stalk we usually associate with this type of dendrobium, The cane is thin, drooping, basically it's everything we were told to avoid when buying a plant. So I ended up buying its healthier bench mate.
I guessed everyone else thought the same thing because until the end of the fair a couple of weeks later, the plant was not taken. When the fair were closing, the vendor actually selling it for a fraction of its original price. I saw what left on the bench, and realised that the most beautiful flowers are actually belong to the worst plants. I looked at the root system and it seemed alright, so I brought it home.
The other one is about to bloom as well so I'll compare it later |
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10-25-2015, 01:44 AM
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Very unique and lovely.
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10-25-2015, 09:45 PM
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Very cool!
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10-30-2015, 09:12 PM
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Wow interesting!!
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10-31-2015, 04:14 PM
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Very pretty, hope it does well for you.
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11-02-2015, 10:15 AM
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The other one bloomed
The plant sturdier but still leaning to one side, the spike also leaning causing the flowers to form a pendant, making it harder to photographed.
Bought this one as dragon eyes but bloomed out as Starbright. Hoping the other one bloomed as dragon eyes. The plant is the best out of the others Starbrights I owned; sturdy cane, sturdy leaves, almost straight stem |
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11-02-2015, 10:41 AM
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Wow, amazing! Also amazing how Mother Nature colours her flowers. (I know she has help from hybridizers).
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11-27-2015, 09:16 AM
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Den Nopporn Starbright
Another one that I thought as King Sonia Dragon eyes bloomed as a Starbright again!!!
Now I have 4 Starbright. As you can see, the hybrid is very varied. The last one bloomed from the most robust plant I have, so the general rule for this hybrid is the worse plants = better flowers and vice versa
Last edited by Suri85; 11-27-2015 at 09:22 AM..
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