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I don't understand why it didn't get an AM...

It's pretty likely when the plant has a couple more growths.

From Chuck's breeding. dalessandroi x Asuko Fischer The color is stunning in person. Stephen

Capsule failed. Oh well. I'll try again next time.

Sib is blooming

From OI breeding. Nearly lost this one until it bounced back. I have no idea why --Stephen

I'm case anyone is interested, SVO has updated their paph list: https://sunsetvalleyorchids.com/htm/offerings_paph1.html

Unfortunately, no. They wouldn't have sold this one, but were willing to trade because they liked the tigrinum.

Found a trade for a 2-growth unbloomed OI sanderianum!

I have a jungle collected sandy that bloomed out very nice with 5 flowers. But it only (!) had 18" petals. I know Sam's crosses were all off the longest petalled clones. Before he closed up shop, Sam was selling NBS seedlings for $150 I think. I know this clump of tigrinum is quite valuable...

Hi all, I have a Paph tigrinum with 2 spikes available for trade. It also has 1 old growth, 1 BS growth, 1 NBS growth, and 2 starts. I originally got it in flask from Hengduan. I divided it about a year ago and it has been growing nicely. It will need a repot after blooming as it is...

Well the first bloomer of the year is long gone, so I selfed this one. Next year I'll try for the sib cross.

Thanks! 'Mega' is the best of the besseae from OZ's like breeding. It must have been through several generations of breeding already, although there's no way to know how many without a direct line to Terry Root's brain.

Do I self them or do a sib cross? I do not know anything about line breeding...

As was previously mentioned, I've got a Green Hornet (pearcei x longifolium) that is never not in bloom. It's got at least 20 growths and sends 4 or 5 spikes up a year. If you buy a BS plant, it should get to that size in 3 or 4 years.

Here's its sibling. This is about the fourth flower on the spike:

Thanks very much for the backstory! Did any of the jungle collected plants bloom with meter-long petals? Or has that been achieved through line breeding?

Do you happen to remember what year the mistake flasks were sold and what year the PEOYs started blooming?

These flowers aren't in question as far as I'm concerned. But I'm happy to say we just disagree.

I'm an indoor grower, so it gets whatever temp I feel comfortable at. It does get 65-75% humidity at all times in my growing cabinet. 12 hours of light year round. Gonna have to disagree here on any doubt about it being pure species. Any white line seen on the underside of the leaves is an...