psychopsis papilio v.alba
 

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as mentioned before this is 1st time all 3 have opened at the same time. The larger flower is always 1st then drops off and the other 2 smaller flowers open about 2 weeks later. The larger one is just about done as his skirt is starting to shrivel.

this pic was taken right after he opened and right at 2 weeks 3/17/12 .Started to open much sooner.
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This plant won a ribbon last year in the OS and then I bought it a few months ago from the owner. So I cant take credit for getting it started, but Ive kept it going and now there my blooms :biggrin:

They only sold it I feel bec they had another one with 6 spikes!!! yikes thats some spikes!!

How beautiful!!! :drool: Psychopsis are such great plants. Cool that they are all flowering at the same time!

I like the little bug faces ;)

I love psychopsis. I have one myself that is doing 'something', whether it is a new growth or a new spike time will tell but I hope to one day have as good a specimen as yours.

Ooh, very nice!

thanks you :) Im beginning to like them after I killed a few..I still fear oncidiums.

must conquer oncidiums soon

:fight

Gorgeous!

Don't be afraid of Oncidiums! I had my earliest orchid growing successes with Oncidium and Onc alliance intergenerics ;)

I used to be an Onc killer, and then mysteriously I figured them out. I still don't know what I am doing differently that makes them live rather than die. And Psychopsis has got to be one of the easiest Onc types to grow!

the basis for the fear is I got a noid onc at the local grocery and it had bulb rot. bulb rot? huh uh. next thing I know bec of my bad watering habits long ago I had a rot fest on most of my plants that were close to it...I think that was the 1st time orchids actually broke me down into some big shark tears..Im still remember..:) ..

Yes I am the hypersensitive male you all speak of

But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I bet that now you are an orchid pro.