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This is such a great hybrid. I picked up a very nice cultivar of Paph. Western Sky at the Orlando Eastern Orchid Congress in 1987 and it remains one of my favorite plants.

No, I haven't been able to get anything back from the seeds I have harvested for the past couple years, due to so-called mishaps and misdeeds by a couple flaky labs. I need to concede that there is no longer a reliable local service and just go ahead and send the seeds out of state. I...

I like the shape, the color, and especially that large green synsepal.

Yes, those were the survivors in the photo of that flat of seedlings.

I can tell you that the strong cultivars do grow like weeds, but growing them from seed is something else. My Paph. tigrinum seed capsule remained on the plant for a little over 18 months. It still wasn't turning so I finally just sent it to the lab. 20 beautiful, vigorous flasks were...

Jack, your profile doesn't show your location, but if you are anywhere close to Miami next week, Alfredo Manrique usually has a nice selection of Pk and its hybrids at his booth during the Redland Orchid Festival. His website address is: http://www.phragmipediumkovachii.com

Lance, I think you hit the nail on the finger. It's very likely that actions by those who had been aced out by Kovach certainly facilitated the events that followed.

This is what happened with Wildcatt. There was no copy protection so the authors of Wildcatt lost a tremendous amount of revenue when, for example, one person in an orchid society or a judging center would just bring in the disk and allow everyone there to install a copy on their machine. The...

One thing about Dracula vampira - quite a few cultivars I have seen don't completely flatten out and they are somewhat cup-shaped. If that bothers you, then whenever possible, it's always a good idea to see the plant in bloom before purchasing. But even cupped, vampira is one of the most...

Yup, yup... and they are just as addictive as paphs. I have somehow managed to accumulate over 100 draculas along with many dozens of other pleurothallids. They're so cute and small when you get them that you just assume you'll be able to find room on the bench for "just one more." Also...

Jean, you have always been one of my favorite people in the entire orchid world. Your cheerful greetings and welcome messages to all the newcomers are always a big bright spot here on the forum. You are kind, respectful, polite and helpful whenever you post here - and you're also one heck of a...

Exactly. Second & third generation Paph. fairrieanum crosses are not all that common either - so this is a pretty special plant.

It looks like Paph. Winbell (Winston Churchill x bellatulum)l is a great match for some of the brachys after seeing Barry's Paph. Donsan Wince thread. Up until a couple weeks ago, I had never heard of it.

Well yes - that is my answer. I just thought it quite odd since as far as I know Paph. Unique so far has no registered offspring.

Are you saying it could be Paph. (curtisii x Unique)?

Tony, check your driver's license - I think you're probably right! There is a GREAT orchid community in that area. I had the pleasure of meeting several of the local orchid enthusiasts when the AOS had its Trustees Meeting in Virginia Beach a short while back. Super nice people with lots...

I would love to see the parent plants that created that Paph. Fanaticum. Everything about it is just incredible.

I can't offer any insight on the Paph. Memoria Rex Van-Delden (it may need a more creative explanation than I could come up with), but the photo of the Phalaenopsis John Naugle has been stretched so far out of aspect ratio it is absolutely unrecognizable. A real shame - I saw this flower in...

Last week I was repotting some paphs I had been given many years ago. One of the tags had been marked every time the plant was repotted over the years - with the earliest date in 1958. Of course it had been written with a pencil. Considering how quickly the tags we buy these days deteriorate...

Truer words were never spoken.