Some latecomers...

[The Mutant]

Got my orders from Orchidehuset (Swedish vendor) and Orchids by Peter White yesterday. They were both sent to me so I would have them before the weekend, but the Swedish postal service decided it wanted to keep my orders over the weekend so I didn't get them until yesterday.

From the Swedish vendor I had ordered a Phal. I-Hsin Salmon 'Copper Star' (I've checked this guy out several times at Schwerer's) and a Paph. superbiens. The 'Copper Star' was a disappointment since it wasn't orange as I've come to believe, but more murky red. This guy has been sold already. The Paph. superbiens (which I realize I've forgotten to take pictures of) is the second I have now, since I got one as a freebie from Popow. Since I didn't know I would get one from him I had ordered this one too. I'll keep both of them and see which one do the best and then I'll sell the other one.

Here's two pictures of the Phal. I-Hsin Salmon 'Copper Star':





From Orchids by Peter White I had ordered a Phal. Little Gem varigated leaf form and this guy has two spikes and a seriously cool foliage! The other one I ordered was a Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange which came with a staggering six spikes in bloom, but also some soft, brown spots on several of its leaves.

I've cut away the spots and some surrounding tissue, treated the areas with hydrogen peroxide and cinnamon. I'm keeping an extra eye on the rest of the leaves for sign of more spots (I believe they were some sort of bacterial infection).

All in all, the plants from Orchids by Peter White were big, sturdy, and very healthy looking (minus the rot of the Dtps. that is).

Here are some pictures of them, first is of the leaves of the Little Gem (it has two spikes but no buds as of yet):


The infected leaves on Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange:


One leaf after treatment (or the abuse, butchering or any other word fitting for the ill treatment I had to put it through):


The Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange, the entire plant after treatment and repotting:


A close-up on one of its flowers:

[Lana]

The Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange is absolutely stunning! But I can't believe you didn't like your Phal. I-Hsin Salmon 'Copper Star'! The color looks so vibrant to me! Too bad I don't live anywhere close to you, so I'm not the one who bought it from you

[bballr4567]

Im excited for ya!

I've got my first variegated orchid coming sometime next week so its a sweet bonus.

[The Mutant]

Originally Posted by Lana

The Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange is absolutely stunning! But I can't believe you didn't like your Phal. I-Hsin Salmon 'Copper Star'! The color looks so vibrant to me! Too bad I don't live anywhere close to you, so I'm not the one who bought it from you

I fell in love with it when I saw it on the website, but I never expected it to arrive in bloom! A very pleasant surprise indeed.

Oh, I'm sorry, that's just my camera fooling you. It has a bad tendency to enhance certain colours of which red is one. It really isn't vibrant, more of a dirty/murky red. I thought it was going to be orange, but I was fooled by the pictures on the website instead.

[camille1585]

Phal I-Hsin Salmon 'Copper Star' is never really orange. The color depends on the conditions the plant was growing in while budding, and also the lighting when you take the pic. In bright light mine does look orangish. I don't see why you would already get rid of it, what a shame! Give it time. And it's not 'dirty'! This is mine: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...pper-star.html

Love the giant Dtps, the blooms are amazing!!! So that's the last of your orders then?

[tucker85]

They're all beautiful! I really like both the plants from Peter White.

[The Mutant]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Phal I-Hsin Salmon 'Copper Star' is never really orange. The color depends on the conditions the plant was growing in while budding, and also the lighting when you take the pic. In bright light mine does look orangish. I don't see why you would already get rid of it, what a shame! Give it time. And it's not 'dirty'! This is mine: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...pper-star.html

Love the giant Dtps, the blooms are amazing!!! So that's the last of your orders then?

It looks too much like the Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange, but a darker version of it, and since Mr Orange is much more gorgeous overall, I'll keep that and sell the other (it already has a new home). It's not visible in the photos, but their colours are very similar.

And yes, it has a "dirty" red colour.

It's not the last of my orders, I still have the project plant on its way you know (with its pal, the Phal. stuartiana) and also, a Phal. Stone Dance and a Phal. equestris var. coerulea from Schwerter, AND three Paphs and one Phal. taenialis from another Swedish vendor, and, finally one equestris hybrid. Sooo, nine more plants to go!



And I'm out of space...

Originally Posted by tucker85

They're all beautiful! I really like both the plants from Peter White.

So do I. I was very surprised at both the size and the quality of both plants. It was too bad that the Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange was afflicted with those soft spots, but I think the fact that the package was stuck in a post terminal or something during the weekend, might have something to do with it.