Miltonia Honolulu 'Warne's Best' AM/AOS

[cabnc]

My first attempt to grow a miltonia. I understand this is an 'old reliable' cross of Milt Gayety x Milt Anne Warne that was made by Mr Warne and registered in 1971. Seems Mr Warne registered Milt Anne Warne in 1949!

[camille1585]

Very pretty, I love purple flowers!!

[Dorothy]

It's a beauty!
Any fragrance?

[Leisurely]

Unlike the Miltonias with the waterfall pattern in the lip that like to grow cool, your plant is a warm grower in the event you did not know. I have Milt. Anne Warne that I have had for years. It is a very good grower and carefree; no insect or disease problems. It thrives in very bright light and is also an excellent candidate for mounting. I hope you enjoy your plant for years to come.

[Dorothy]

The Miltonia you speak of,Jerry, are classified as Miltoniopsis
See this link for the flowers you mentioned - Miltoniopsis Pictures
And according to Miltoniopsis Orchids
"The Miltoniopsis orchids are intermediate climate orchids. This means that they can be warm-growing orchids as well as cooler-growing orchids. The distinction between Miltonia orchids and Miltoniopsis orchids is made by referring to the Miltonia orchids as the warmer-growing orchids which come from Brazil, and the Miltoniopsis orchids as the cooler-growing orchids which come from Columbia and Ecuador. These orchids are sometimes called the Pansy Orchid because their flat-faced, open orchid flowers resemble pansies in shape and markings."
Just as a FYI ...

[Leisurely]

Dorothy, am I correct in thinking that both categories used to be called Miltonia until a few years ago when they put the cool growers under the name Miltoniopsis. It seems that I read this in Orchids some time ago. I could research the annual index for Orchids and find the issue but that would be a lot of work that I am not up to right now. Several of my old orchid books refer to the cool growers as Miltonia, i.e., Miltonia Bert Fields 'Riopelle', a beautiful red and profuse bloomer. When I first started growing orchids, Miltonia/Miltoniopsis was a group that I fell for; but could not grow in Florida because they just would not survive the Summer heat.

[Dorothy]

I don't know when they made the distinction between the two but I have read that at one time they were all considered Miltonia .. One of my first orchids was a NOID Miltoniopsis so I understand the allure they can have over you ..
Here is another little article on these orchids - Miltonia Orchids

[cabnc]

This is the information I have found. Miltonia Honolulu (Milt Gayety x Milt Anne Warne) is a cross with 75% Milt. spectabilis, 12.5% Milt. flavescens and 12.5% Milt. clowesii. Those three species are Miltonia from Brazil and in fact form two natural primary hybrids in nature, Milt festiva(spectabilis x flavescens) and Milt bluntii (spectabilis x clowesii). Therefore Milt Anne Warne and Milt Honolulu are Miltonia which are truly warm growing and love our SE coastal high humidity.

Charlie

[Gin]

I call it beautiful ! Thanks for posting the picture .. Gin

[cabnc]

The picture posted at the start of this thread was the only flower left on the plant when I purchased it - $5 rescue. The plant was in a shallow 8 inch bulb pan. Shortly after I went to repot it and found most of the plant was rotted. I was left with six small growths with shriveled, yellow backbulbs. I potted them all in separate pots and kept them moist all winter. All are growing and four have spikes. This is the largest and first to flower. Only one spike with six buds. My wife (my odor detector) says it has no fragrance.

Charlie