Lowii 09

Roly0217 · Mar 1, 2009

I love Paph lowii !!!! Mine has a spike with about 5 buds maybe 6 developing. I can't wait for them to start opening. It's it's first time blooming and it only had that one mature growth and a new one growing faster

NYEric · Mar 1, 2009

Nice photo of the whole plant!

Wendy · Mar 1, 2009

Beautiful! Lowii is one of my favourites.

Rick · Mar 1, 2009

SlipperKing said:
OH yea, the 4N's Isn't that what came out of Krull-Smith's breeding? A friend in the society has a lowii from there, huge and she got an AM on it.

I don't think Krull-Smith was the only one putting the juice to lowii. Jeff from Atlanta Orchid Co did it too, and it's been well over a year now that I saw some 1st time bloomers he had. They were still small plants with fairly normal sized flowers, but intensely dark. They weren't awarded, but showed good potential for such young bloomers.

Rick · Mar 28, 2009

All 4 open on this spike. The other spike had 5 buds, but one flower didn't last till the whole spike was open.

Rick · Apr 4, 2009

NYEric said:
Nice photo of the whole plant!

1 very old growth, 2 spiking growths, and one unflowered growth (about 6 months old). This years flowers never exceeded 15 cm, and they seem to be aging faster than normal, so although one spike had 5 buds, the oldest flower crapped out before the last flower opened. It's still a nice big show to enjoy.:clap: