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Paphiopedilum appletonianum

Karma — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:56:07 +0000

This handsome fellow has been my main dinner-table decoration this season, and it is very good at its job. A stunning centerpiece with gorgeous compact mottled leaves with a super tall and slender inflorescence that won’t impede dinner conversations. I adore the little guy and would not mind having an entire window box of them [...]

Paphiopedilum philippinense

Karma — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:54:06 +0000

This is a fairly large, warm growing species from the exciting multi-floral Paphiopedilum Subgenus Polyantha. It is found at sea level up to 500 meters primarely in the Philippines, hence the name, but also down through north eastern Borneo. The leaves are thick and uniformly green and can grow to be 20-50 cm long, mine measuring [...]

Paphiopedilum sukhakulii

Karma — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:57:22 +0000

This is a fantastic little intermediate to warm growing species hails from northeastern Thailand where it grows at elevations from 250 up to 1000 meters. It is often found near streams in sandy humus-rich loam mixed with leaf in light to moderate shade. I grow it in my intermediate growing room in a mix [...]

Paphiopedilum appletonianum

Karma — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:37:09 +0000

This is a favorite Paphiopedilum in my collection. It is not particularly large or flashy as Paphiopedilum go, but it is boasting a magical color combination that either makes you think of green fairies or some lost scene from a Willy Wonka movie – depending of course on your imagination or penchant for the anise-flavoured spirits of late 19th-century Parisian artists… [...]

Paphiopedilum Vinicolor

Karma — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:54:48 +0000

In Othello, William Shakespeare wrote, “good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.” This impressive Paphiopedilum Vinicolor orchid is a very nice familiar creature indeed. It bloomed last year in November, and here we go again. Nice with dependable orchids you can set your watch to. About being well used… well… at least [...]

Paphiopedilum Satin Smoke

Karma — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:48:26 +0000

As passionate as I am about Pleurothallids, I still get all warm inside when these majestic Paphiopedilum bloom. So it is a good thing that I more more room for them on the windowsill now after building the cool viv for the others.

I am a little bit of a species snob when it comes to [...]

Paphiopedilum Dellaina

Karma — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:53:02 +0000

Since my Dellaina decided to bloom just as we left for our vacation it got to tag along to the coast as well. It is a nice primary hybrid between Paphiopedilum delenatii x P. chamberlainianum. The seed parent (delenatii) is a small terrestrial/lithophyte from southern Vietnam and Dellaina have inherited its beautiful mottled leaves and [...]

When the Vietnamese beauty appear, Easter is near…

Karma — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:27:49 +0000

…Ok… rhyming is not my strength… so we’ll move right along. The first bud on my Paphiopedilum Ho Chi Minh just opened, so now I know it can’t be long until Easter. In the wild the seed parent usually blooms in March, something this popular hybrid has taken after. You can almost set your [...]

Phalaenopsis Mini Mark ‘Holm’

Karma — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:00:12 +0000

It is Mini Mark season again… mine blooms twice a year with 2 inflorescences each time. I have said it before, but I really love this cute little hybrid. It is small, but I would definitely not call it a mini, even though I have seen it listed as such. The leaf span on [...]

Pollination update – week 1

Karma — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:05:17 +0000

One week has passed since my first pollination attempt and, impatient as I am, I feel that it is time for a status update. In the right corner we have the graceful Paphiopedilum Vinicolor and in the left corner, the faithful bloomer Prosthechea cochleata.

The P. Vinicolor flower have now started to wilt, which [...]