I should have congratulated you first on your spectacular flower. I know this is a harder one to grow and yours looks beautiful.
Hookerae ‘Icarus Wings’
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speak gently.... and lovingly....
Thanks...
BT.... Don’t change any environmental conditions or might blast. It will open on its own. Have patience!
BT.... Don’t change any environmental conditions or might blast. It will open on its own. Have patience!
Yes on my next setup ... need to get velvet.Gorgeous hookerae!!
Again, if you use black fabric as a background, black velvet or even a black t-shirt, you won't get the glare in the background.
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There looks to be some var volonteanum in it. Maybe ( hookerae var hookerae x hookerae var volonteanum) ?
Nice colours, and I like the shape of it too. I'd be happy if my hookerae would just grow!
Yes I believe it has elements of both. The differences between the two are so slight that breeders would not consider one or the other I would think (since no one can tell which one one is or not), but rather choose the best of the lot to breed. Without a doubt this pairing has produced wonderfully shaped and colored blooms as seen here as well as Joker's post.
Sing as loud as you can to your plant:
"Grow grow grow your leaves, Gently down your feed
Merrily merrily merrily merrily, bloom as fast you can" ;0
And repeat daily...
Might just work as a spell...
I will try that. My neighbours already think I'm a crazy plant lady so I have nothing to lose!
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One difference I've noticed between hookerae and volonteanum is that I can grow and bloom hookerae - I have had volonteanums for 10 years that have never gotten bigger than 3" across and never bloom.
Interesting. Volonteanums are supposed to come from highlands of Sabah (vs lowlands of Sarawak). Have you tried cooler nights? And different lines of volonteanums as well?
Hehe.... let us know!!
what type, crazy Catt lady?
Well of course the feline variety lives here too!
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Have tried them from several sources and they all hate my neck of the woods (SE US).
First when rereading the thread, I noticed this exclamation from BrucherT:
Thus spoke a true addict - or should one say: a genuine junkie!
Thus spoke a true addict - or should one say: a genuine junkie!
It’s really warm there! Maybe stick with the mixture ones lol
We are all junkies in that case, and a bunch of enablers lol. Orchid Anonymous anyone?First when rereading the thread, I noticed this exclamation from BrucherT:
Thus spoke a true addict - or should one say: a genuine junkie!
I already formed PA - Paphioholic Anonymous.
And got us into WHO's diagnostic manual, ICD-10 ( the former, 2018 rev.):
F19.2 Other psychoactive substance dependence - and sometimes with F19.211 ..... delirium
”You can get off alcohol, drugs, women, food, and cars, but once you’re hooked on orchids, you’re finished. You never get off orchids…never.”
Joe Kunisch
Commercial orchid grower
Rochester, New York
(cit. Eric Hansen:’ Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust,
and Lunacy’, Pantheon 2000)
And got us into WHO's diagnostic manual, ICD-10 ( the former, 2018 rev.):
F19.2 Other psychoactive substance dependence - and sometimes with F19.211 ..... delirium
”You can get off alcohol, drugs, women, food, and cars, but once you’re hooked on orchids, you’re finished. You never get off orchids…never.”
Joe Kunisch
Commercial orchid grower
Rochester, New York
(cit. Eric Hansen:’ Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust,
and Lunacy’, Pantheon 2000)
Ha ha and I got my wish! My Mexipedium opened at last!First when rereading the thread, I noticed this exclamation from BrucherT:
Thus spoke a true addict - or should one say: a genuine junkie!
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