Paph. armeniacum

JPMC · Nov 13, 2011

This is the first year that I've had Paph. armeniacum in bloom for 12 months of the year. This is a fresh flush of blooms that should be marking the next round. It blooms most heavily in the winter but this year there were 2 blooms that lasted all summer.

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Lycaste53 · Nov 13, 2011

Very nice, wonderful plants!

T120 · Nov 13, 2011

Hi,
what amazing plants:drool:, can I ask about medium etc,or would that be giving away secrets!! Thankyou

Dido · Nov 13, 2011

everytime great if I see your plants.

Hope mine will look one day the same.

Erythrone · Nov 13, 2011

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chrismende · Nov 13, 2011

Oh my! I'm just starting down this path, and it's so wonderful to see these pictures right now! What is the medium you are using inside that sphag lining, and how long has the large basket been intact?

Rick · Nov 13, 2011

Grow It Dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JPMC · Nov 13, 2011

T120 said:
Hi,
what amazing plants:drool:, can I ask about medium etc,or would that be giving away secrets!! Thankyou

Thank you.

They're planted in "standard" paph mix: fir bark, perlite, and charcoal. The baskets are wire baskets with long-fibered sphagnum moss lining the basket to retain the mix. I grow them with bright "cattleya" light and the night temps. are 60F in winter and 70F in summer. The daytime temps are about 10-20F higher. They're kept moist/wet year-round. I water daily in the summer and every other day in the winter. They get weekly applications of fertilizer (urea-free) at 125-150 ppm.

JPMC · Nov 13, 2011

chrismende said:
Oh my! I'm just starting down this path, and it's so wonderful to see these pictures right now! What is the medium you are using inside that sphag lining, and how long has the large basket been intact?

I use "standard" paph mix: fir bark, perlite, and charcoal. The middle basket is in its 10th year. The others are in their 4th year.

SlipperKing · Nov 13, 2011

I can not get my plants to do that. I've had them in a basket for over a year, std Paph mix and water when they are drying out (not completely) but mine have rotted! Do you use "large" particles as your Std mix"?

W. Beetus · Nov 13, 2011

Stunning! I would love all my plants to look like that!

SlipperFan · Nov 13, 2011

Spectacular plant!

paphioboy · Nov 13, 2011

Spectacular! :drool: :drool: :drool: :clap: :clap: Your armeniacum baskets never ceases to amaze me...

JPMC · Nov 14, 2011

SlipperKing said:
I can not get my plants to do that. I've had them in a basket for over a year, std Paph mix and water when they are drying out (not completely) but mine have rotted! Do you use "large" particles as your Std mix"?

I'm sorry to hear that. Mine were rotting while they were in pots. I use fine fir bark and perlite. Since I grow indoors there may be a slightly lower humidity level than in a greenhouse. I also have fans directed at them all day long (they're off at night).

emydura · Nov 14, 2011

Just amazing.

David

SlipperKing · Nov 14, 2011

Thanks for the info JP.

Gilda · Nov 14, 2011

WOW ! Simply fantastic !!:clap::clap:
Like Rick, mine didn't fair well in this method either..but it was my fault as I would let them go too dry, and also mealies feasted on them . I have salvaged a couple of pieces but they will never bloom for me I am sure.:sob:

SelectOrchids · Nov 14, 2011

Best grown armeniacum I have seen for years...

The last time I saw such plants, it was at Norris Powell place, armeniacum 'Los Osos' FCC/AOS, grown in a plastic basket too, many growths, many blooms. The basket was about 5L if I remember, that was in 1995...

SlipperKing for the rotting armeniacum, it can be either a lack of lime, or the base of the growths or stolons are allowed to dry out a bit too much. Many armeniacum that rot have their rot starting from the stolons, even tiny pieces of stolon, and moving up to the bigger growth.

Marc · Nov 15, 2011

I remember that you posted these before but I still think it's a very impressive sight to see such big plants.

SlipperKing · Nov 15, 2011

Roth said:
Best grown armeniacum I have seen for years...

The last time I saw such plants, it was at Norris Powell place, armeniacum 'Los Osos' FCC/AOS, grown in a plastic basket too, many growths, many blooms. The basket was about 5L if I remember, that was in 1995...

SlipperKing for the rotting armeniacum, it can be either a lack of lime, or the base of the growths or stolons are allowed to dry out a bit too much. Many armeniacum that rot have their rot starting from the stolons, even tiny pieces of stolon, and moving up to the bigger growth.

Bingo! I believe that is how it happened, A BIG Thank you! Roth!

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