Psychopsis papilio - Page 2 - Orchid Board

Cyrus · #11 09-17-2007, 07:04 AM

Hi
The pic brought me out of lurking. I live in the UK and I've tried every nursery here and some in mainland Europe all to no avail. I would kill for one of these guys

Regards to you all.
Cyrus

Bird Song Farm · #12 09-17-2007, 08:26 AM

Hi,
I'm finding my Psychopsis "Kalihi" very easy to grow. It's in a Northeast window, is in blossom now with the next bud forming. It is also throwing out a new spike. A very unusual plant, I think "striking" is the word!

Grow on!

Dorothy · #13 09-17-2007, 11:31 AM

Tindo is right - Shows love to carry these - Here is one from this past years Orchid Show in NYC. They are spectacular.

Tindomul · #14 09-17-2007, 01:12 PM

Dorothy, I must have seen 4-5 of these in the vendors table alone and at least one at the show itself. You however seem to have found a purple one, that I didn't see. Nice pic.

Dorothy · #15 09-17-2007, 02:13 PM

I am not sure if it's the lighting or that it has a blue/purple cast to it .. and at this time.. I just don't remember

There were so many beautiful orchids .. I was

, awed and overwhelmed

Rosim_in_BR · #16 09-17-2007, 03:53 PM

I don't have the type, but I (am trying to) grow an albino variety of papilio and am having hard times with it, btw. The plant lost the roots a year ago while developing a new bud and then everything stopped. The plant shriveled a little bit, the bud stayed as it was and nothing more happened. And so it is now, a year later. Go figure!

Grandma M · #17 10-20-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Dorothy

Tindo is right - Shows love to carry these - Here is one from this past years Orchid Show in NYC. They are spectacular.

Dorothy. Is Onc 'Kahihi Big' the name of that particular one. That one is to die for. I would give anything to find one like that. I like it so much better than the yellow ones.