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The 'Richard' clone is a bit larger. The photo is a little overexposed. Dave

We usually get flowers from this species in May and September. Our crazy hot weather caused a few plants to blast their buds this spring. These two clones flowered and we have made the reciprocal crosses. Last year's pods had good germination in the lab so we hope to make more of these...

We have routinely put anything that comes out of flask on heat mats. Since most of our deflasking is done in the spring and summer, the heat mats aren't really on much. Most Phrags grow so fast that they are into individual pots by fall and off the heat mats. Phrag besseae compots were not kept...

We give all of our seedlings bottom heat until they hit 2" pots, then they join the rest of the plants in the greenhouse to fend for themselves. Younger plants are kept in the warmer parts of the nursery. Those that prefer cooler winters are moved to cooler areas once they are mature. Dave

Their natural habitat in the winter they not only has cool nights, but cool days. Winter nights are about 10 C and winter days max out around 16 C. We give them nights around 14 C and days can be in the 20's C when it's sunny. Winters are also pretty dry in situ, which is why my awarded plant...

Leslie: just a single growth with a 6" leaf span. A couple larger, 3 growth siblings blasted buds that formed earlier in the winter. We had a really warm February and they didn't like it. SliperKing: not my cross, they came from Holger Perner a few years back. Probably 6 years from flask. They...

I lost my best one a few years ago when it got too much water over the winter. This first time bloomer will do nicely! A few more siblings are in bud so hopefully there is at least one more keeper among them. Dave

I hear comments about people struggling with this species all the time. We don't do anything special and ours grow really well. They grow on hillsides so they need a well drained mix. I have seen them struggle when grown in a 'wetter' media. We use Orchiata with about 30% number 3 perlite and...

This little guy popped open a few days ago with a pretty unique color pattern. I selfed it to see if we can get more like it. Dave

Our Phrag collection is growing rapidly. We recently acquired a large number of plants from Ecuagenera. When the Santa Barbara show was cancelled we bought most of the Phrags they had brought with them. It helped make the best of a bad situation. They got rid of a bunch of plants and we got to...

Paph Macabre Illusion and Mystically Contrasting. Most of the Mystically Contrasting have had a pink background but this one did not. It has a petal width of 3.5 cm on a small, first bloom plant. The pollen will go onto this Macabre Illusion.

Paph sukhakulii 'Cabernet'. This is seedling from a sibling cross made by Tetsu in Japan. Solid pouch color is something I have been looking for in this species. The other flower on the plant was pollinated with a very dark flower that Leslie Ee was kind enough to share from a Tokyo Orchid...

I think I can see why it was screened. The dorsal recurves on the side a bit, staminode looks down. These colors are harder to get through. Bring in a vini and they are more forgiving, it seems. This one still has potential. BTW, I didn’t have anything in bloom like the photo I posted earlier...

Not sure that I saved any from this one but I will see what's blooming at the nursery tomorrow. Dave

Something like this Hawaiian Peacock might be good. Similar color, probably a smaller flower but broader segments. Dave

We have a limited number of good size Paph parishii plants and can bring them to the Paph Forum by special order. For Phrag schlimii and besseae Woodstream Orchids is your best bet. Dave

I wrote an article in my blog about the history of the hybrid Paph spicerianum. Here is a link to it: https://paphparadise.com/2019/09/19/paphiopedilum-spicerianum-or-not/ It's really hard to tell if you are looking at a hybrid. You need to see many siblings to be certain as some individual...

We water our Paph sangii every other day with no damage to the roots. It is important to flush the pot thoroughly to bring air down to the roots every time you water. This will also wash away any excess salts and decaying organic material. Has anyone tried this species in semi-hydroponics? Dave

This seedling came from a flask I got in Japan a couple years ago. The parents were both type but half album. The bud seemed to take weeks to open! The plant is very tiny so the flower was immediately cut off and the pollen was put onto a type sibling. Hopefully it was a sibling carrying the...

The Orchid Zone used to force blooming out of season in February for sales during show season. The accomplished this by chilling the plants in late fall, then ramping up the temperature. Terry grew these plants very warm with nights at 65 F as I recall. Along with good nutrition including...