End of August Bloomers

[whygreenberg]

Howdy! Just wanted to share what's blooming for me right now!

In addition to Bulbophyllum pardalotum and http://www.orchidboard.com/community...is-cernua.html...

Paph. Hsinying Alien — this is the first Paph I have ever bloomed myself. Was a dried out, cheap Lowes purchase last summer.

Laelia fournieri — last summer, it gave me two blooms on its spike. But it's still such a charmer.

Masdevallia (vargasii x triangularis) — while you can tell from its leaves that it wishes the NYC summer weren't quite so hot, I am *amazed* that it has continued to throw out so many spikes.

And my Spring 09 Project plant, Haraella retrocalla, which also is also just a blooming machine.

[RosieC]

I love all of those, especially the Paph. The Masdi looks great as well with all those flowers.

[Swamper]

I like that last one Yvan, the other ones are all nice too but I really like the last one

[Ross]

Outstanding Ivan. That's a beautiful Paph!

[billc]

I've had a Hsinying Alien for 3 or 4 years and it's a reliable bloomer for me. But I never realized how beautiful the leaves could be. My plant looks positively sick after seeing yours! How much light are you giving yours? I think I'm giving mine too much, it looks washed out compared to yours.

Bill

[whygreenberg]

Thanks guys!

Bill—it may not have anything to do with growing conditions. I have seen a huge huge huge amount of variety in this hybrid. In fact, I have a second one and its leaves are not nearly so dramatic—less pronounced mottling and more of an overall silvery tone. And both of mine are in identical growing conditions. (Of course, the tags could be incorrect on either or both of them!) I'll take a snap of the other one so you can see the difference.

But in case it helps, mine sits maybe about 14–16 inches under 105 watt CFL. But it is also a little bit shaded by some other plants which live next to it.

**Update: Photo of the leaves of my other Hsinying Alien below...

[quiltergal]

Super job on the Hsinying Alien Yvan! As Bill said the foliage is just a lovely as the flower! The second plant looks more like sukhakulii, pale silvery leaves with a faded mottling.

The Laelia is just too cute for words! I'm going to have to try one of these tiny gems.

My Masdies are suffering a bit with our heat as well. They keep blooming but don't have nearly as many flowers as yours.

[whygreenberg]

Terri—the rupicolous Laelias are absolutely worth giving a try. If you can provide the high light, they're really pretty easy and take up very very little space!

Re: the Paph leaves, sukhakulii is indeed in the parentage...

Hsinying Alien: Supersuk 'Eureka' AM/AOS x Raisin Pie 'Hsinying'

Paph. Supersuk = Paph. William Mathews x Paph. sukhakulii
-------------------> Paph. William Mathews = Paph. lawrenceanum x Paph. mastersianum

Paph. Raisin Pie = Paph. sukhakulii x Paph. Clarissa
-------------------> Paph. Clarissa = Paph. Maudiae x Paph. Almum
------------------------------------> Paph. Maudiae = Paph. callosum x Paph. lawrenceanum
------------------------------------>Paph. Almum = Paph. barbatum x Paph. lawrenceanum

[billc]

Yvan, Thanks for the picture of the other one. I still can't get over the leaves on yours! Also, Thanks for the genealogy, I didn't realize there was so much lawrenceanum in the background. Between the lawrenceanum and callosum, I suppose that's where the nice dorsal comes from.

Bill

[LauraN]

Very nice collection!