Lycaste Leilani's Pink Hints

[silence882]

Hi All,

Now blooming in the kitchen. This is from Lehua and is 'Kurt Servos 'Margo' x Gamora Ablaze 'Goliath' AM/AOS. I am quite pleased with this one and am keeping it.




--Stephen

 

[abax]

Oh yes, I keep that one too. The colors are lovely.

 

[Marco]

That one is really nice!

Well done!

 

[Ozpaph]

the dark centre is cool

 

[Erythrone]

Lovely

 

[Lanmark]

Great colors!

 

[SlipperFan]

Pretty color. I'd keep it also.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Very pretty. I have more of a soft spot for these after seeing so many outstanding ones at the Tokyo Dome show. I just wish the plants weren't so big...

 

[SlipperFan]

Very pretty. I have more of a soft spot for these after seeing so many outstanding ones at the Tokyo Dome show. I just wish the plants weren't so big...

Interesting, Tom. When I saw your video, I was very attracted to those Lycastes and wondered why such good ones are hard to find here. But you are right - where would I put them as they are such big plants!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Not that I know much about it, but the line breeding of Lycaste in Japan is truly world class.

 

[Mark Karayannis]

Tattally agree with Tom

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing. I need to research how to grow them.

 

[Don I]

Nice one. I'm always afraid I wouldn't be able to grow these.
Don

 

[Linus_Cello]

Thanks for sharing. I need to research how to grow them.

Get an evergreen one. No winter drought dormancy:

http://www.aos.org/AOS/media/Content-Images/PDFs/lycaste.pdf

 

[silence882]

All my Lycastes have been very easy to grow alongside my slippers.

I got 13 plants from Lehua (half box minus 2 paphs) in November, 2015. I then potted them in kkorchid's paph mix (because that's what I had on hand), and stuck them under my 4-bulb T8 setup. The leaves on the taller plants grew into the lights, but they didn't care (the parts that actually touched the bulbs bleached, but it didn't seem to affect them at all). I water them every 4 days. I haven't lost any and all show good root growth through the clear pots.

So far 9 have bloomed. The other 4 have all grown new bulbs larger than the old bulbs, so I am assuming that they're on their way to blooming.

Lehua's a good choice to get cheap Lycastes, but they have a 15 plant minimum order.

 

[AdamD]

Thanks for the info, I'm thinking about taking the leap. Yours is a beautiful flower

 

[silence882]

With its distant cousin, Lycaste Reverend Canon Mari:


The color has faded, but the photo makes it seems worse since I took it in the evening.

 

[NYEric]

Get an evergreen one. No winter drought dormancy:

Thanks for the info. I think with the aromatica types I have I will put them in a box up where I can't reach them next Winter.

 

[John M]

Wow, I love that Lycaste Reverend Canon Mari! Beautiful!