new additions 3/10

[goldenrose]

Here's a few I picked up at the show this past weekend.
Lc. Mem. Robert Strait 'Blue Hawaii'

Masd. Tribbles, more buds to open!

Although I killed one, I'm trying again! Sedirea japonicum was too tempting!

 

[Shiva]

Very good buys!

 

[etex]

Great choices! Love the super blue lip on the Lc.

 

[NYEric]

Nice, lost of blooms on the Sedirea! Where are the new slippers?! oke:

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Nice buys! The Lc is just heavenly, especially those outrageous lips! The Sedirea - keep in wet and warm in summer, cool (as possible, they can take down to freezing) and dry in winter. If you have problems with rot, then mount them. It is really hard to rot them if grown that way.

 

[SlipperFan]

That's a great Sedirea; and the Robert Strait is a beauty.

 

[JeanLux]

Good purchase Rose!!! Those lips are of a unique color :drool: !!!! Jean

 

[goldenrose]

Nice, lost of blooms on the Sedirea! Where are the new slippers?! oke:

Couldn't really find anything that I liked or didn't already have.

Nice buys! The Lc is just heavenly, especially those outrageous lips!

I've always liked the color & let's not forget the fragrance! Combine this, the sedirea & the miltonia = YUMMY!

..... The Sedirea - keep in wet and warm in summer, cool (as possible, they can take down to freezing) and dry in winter. If you have problems with rot, then mount them. It is really hard to rot them if grown that way.

Thanks Tom! I killed my first (& only sedirea, until now) & hesitated on getting one, the vendor said treat it like a phal. Some of them were spitting out aerial roots like crazy & I said maybe the plant would be happier mounted & safer for an overwaterer, he agreed. I have cork or tree fern, I'm leaning towards the cork.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I killed my first (& only sedirea, until now) & hesitated on getting one, the vendor said treat it like a phal. Some of them were spitting out aerial roots like crazy & I said maybe the plant would be happier mounted & safer for an overwaterer, he agreed. I have cork or tree fern, I'm leaning towards the cork.

Sounds good Rose. Still, the advice about treating it exactly as a Phal, that meaning a tropical plant, is a bit off. To mimic its natural cycle I still suggest the cold down/"dry off" come winter. In spring when it starts to spike water as usual. You won't be disappointed. I grow mine in sphagnum, on tree fern mounts, and outside on a plum tree where it regularly gets temperatures near or even below freezing.

 

[nikv]

I have cork or tree fern, I'm leaning towards the cork.

I picked one up on eBay last year that is mounted on cork. It's put out a couple of new leaves and seems to be happy.

 

[NYEric]

Couldn't really find anything that I liked or didn't already have.

I wish I had that problem!

 

[SlipperFan]

I wish I had that problem!

I can't imagine what that would be like, either!