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I think people are mistaking these for the Asian tropical Corybas which are much more difficult and require really specialised conditions. There are a few Australian temperate species of Corybas which are much more adaptable. Corybas hispidus in particular is one of the easiest Australian...

Lovely. I did supposedly get tubers of this clone, but when they flowered, they were just the normal species. Very disappointing. This is a very easy species to grow. No more difficult than the fast multiplying Greenhoods.

No problems. I did pollinate two SB flowers with multiple JB pollen and the flowers were still very fresh, so I am hopeful. I had two spikes on my Paracombe, so I also put some pollen of my best roth (Anisha AM clone) onto it, so hopefully will produce some high quality Gary Romagna's. That is...

I was heading overseas straight after, so I quickly cut off the spike. I should have offered you the pollen sorry. I am still keen to cross it onto one of your FCC JB's. I did put some pollen on my Susan Booth 'Paracombe' though.

The Australian Orchid Council does not recognise anitum as a separate species, so it is awarded under adductum X roth's. I think every one of the 30 or so awarded JB's here involved the anitum form of the species.

Fantastic. You would expect at least a couple of those to be top shelf. Good luck. Look forward to seeing how they turn out.

You reminded me of one thing I meant to mention. Despite having an extra flower, the spike length was 25 cm shorter than when it received an AM. In this flowering, I grew it much brighter which resulted in a much shorter and stronger spike. As a result, it barely needed staking other than down...

Excellent. Are you growing out a flask or just have an individual plant? I assume you saw Brad say he has had 3 plants from this cross get an AM. So your chances of getting a nice one is good.

Thanks Stephen.

Beautiful. What a lovely healthy clump.

I don't leave it to chance. Invariably if you do nothing, the flowers will alternate along the spike facing left or right. This can look nice, and in some cases I prefer this. For example, the Bel Royal flowers look better with the alternate arrangement. But for roths and some of the roth...

Thanks. Four flowers sure helps. The flowers also aligned as well as I could hope for.

I think I like this approach better. On some of the long spike multi-florals, it defies physics for the spike to stay upright without staking higher up.

I agree with you on JB/WBW. The best multi hybrid for sure. Size, colour, shape, tall spikes. It has it all. Plus it is such a consistently good cross. You rarely see a dud one. Australian judges sure do love them. Including mine, there have been 29 awards for JB in 8 years, of which 4 are...

Thanks Brad. It says 28.7 cm on the awards form.

LOL. I only buy the best plants from the best sellers. Do you have any more? :) Thanks Brad. I am just glad I got to join you and Stephen with an FCC Johanna Burkhardt. You guys were having all the fun with this hybrid. :)

Thanks. Sam's breeding - (rothschildianum 'Leo' SM/JOGA x adductum var. anitum 'Ace' AM/AOS)

My Paphiopedilum Johanna Burkhardt (or WBW) won Grand Champion at our Spring show last weekend and the award was upgraded from an AM to an FCC. Quite simply the best orchid I have ever flowered.

Fantastic. I look forward to seeing you post yours in flower. It should be nice coming from Paph Paradise.

I had quite a lot of multi's flower at the same time and this was the only plant where the flowers didn't develop properly. So I don't believe there was a general cultural problem.