An August Update! - Orchid Board

FairyInTheFlowers · #1 08-20-2012, 08:08 PM

Well, August has been a great month, more so the last week!!! I've got some new orchids as well as modified my closet, so I thought I would post an update!

The major thing I did in my closet today was add a new rack and hang several potted phals off of it and the older one. This made a considerable amount of room down on the eggcrate.

Here is the older one with mounts and smaller phal seedlings.

And here is the new one with three larger ones.

FairyInTheFlowers · #2 08-20-2012, 08:10 PM

I also got the biggest surprise EVER on the 17th!!!! Without my knowing, my three closest orchid friends (Call_Me_Bob, Mira-Claude, and Medelia) put some money together and got me several Phals as a birthday present from Patrick!!! They should have arrived on the 15th, but there was an error with Canada Post, and the plants were late.
Here is a stuartiana var. nobilis I got from the Canadian friends out of their own collection.

A three crowned KS Happy Eagle with a spike and a coming bud.

A HUGE Vio Vio with a spike and small bud.

Phal. Tzu Chaing Chrisna and Meir's Penang Princess 'Rubicon'.

And Cindy Li (Marie's Delight x gigantea), and a present from Patrick himself, Sogo Kaiulani!

orchidsarefun · #3 08-20-2012, 08:29 PM

more space = more orchids !!!
I like your set-up. Plants grown under lights always seem to have perfect foliage.
K S Happy Eagle is one of my favourites and hopefully one of these days is going to be a proud daddy ( pollen parent x2 ) in my collection.

sweetjblue · #4 08-20-2012, 08:44 PM

Cody, What GREAT friends you have to give you such nice presents! Your are one lucky guy!
The set-up looks great and everything looks so healthy, good growing!
As a side note, with the Meirs Penang Princess, Peter told me that if it is grown in higher light it will produce keikis instead of blooms. Does yours have a clonal name or is it a seedling? Here's a link to my pic of the two together.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...irs_PG_50_.JPG

Again nice set-up and plants!!

Judi

FairyInTheFlowers · #5 08-20-2012, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetjblue

Cody, What GREAT friends you have to give you such nice presents! Your are one lucky guy!
The set-up looks great and everything looks so healthy, good growing!
As a side note, with the Meirs Penang Princess, Peter told me that if it is grown in higher light it will produce keikis instead of blooms. Does yours have a clonal name or is it a seedling? Here's a link to my pic of the two together.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...irs_PG_50_.JPG

Again nice set-up and plants!!

Judi

Thanks! Yes, it is Meirs Penang Princess 'Rubicon'!! I am actually glad you asked, as the clonal name was buried in the pot, so I didn't think it had one, nor did I look for it.

WhiteRabbit · #6 08-20-2012, 11:35 PM

Looks great! And what an awesome birthday surprise!

NYed · #7 08-21-2012, 07:08 AM

Great set up. I like your rack idea. I am building a new growing area so thanks for the idea of how to put more plants in the same space.

Lagoon · #8 08-21-2012, 07:39 AM

Cody you've got the best closet I've ever seen

I hope you had a wonderful Birthday - you're orchids and grow space looks amazing -- good growing

Susie11 · #9 08-21-2012, 08:09 AM

All I can say is, what do you use to clean the leaves on your phals? they look mirror shiny! Great set up by the way.

tucker85 · #10 08-21-2012, 09:07 AM

Your grow area looks great and your orchids look extremely well grown. Excellent job.