Orchids 2024

[hkunberger]

Words fail me! I’m just shaking with awe..and envy!

 

[NEslipper]

The King.

Paph rothschildianum 'Mont Millais' FCC/RHS, FCC/AOS, GM/WOC

This year there are 14 flowers & buds on 3 spikes.

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Incredible flowering, congratulations! Are the flower dimensions slightly smaller this year with all the blooms?

 

[Elite Orchids]

any tips on growing and flowering your roths? absolutely incredible

 

[Justin]

Incredible flowering, congratulations! Are the flower dimensions slightly smaller this year with all the blooms?

Thanks. Slightly. 6.1 DW 28 NS. It has done 30+ NS in the past.

 

[Justin]

any tips on growing and flowering your roths? absolutely incredible

Thanks. I grow in Orchiata and feed 30-10-10 urea fertilizer almost every watering. I saw a lot of improvement this season since I started feeding more frequently a year ago. More multispike plants with higher flower count.

 

[richgarrison]

Thanks. I grow in Orchiata and feed 30-10-10 urea fertilizer almost every watering. I saw a lot of improvement this season since I started feeding more frequently a year ago. More multispike plants with higher flower count.

Awesome growing….

Would you elaborate on your feeding? What’s your fertilizer solution recipe ( e.g. gms 30-10-10 per gal) ?

 

[Justin]

Awesome growing….

Would you elaborate on your feeding? What’s your fertilizer solution recipe ( e.g. gms 30-10-10 per gal) ?

I use Miracle Gro orchid food 30-10-10.

<1/4 tsp. per gallon tapwater. Feed ~2x weekly.

Our tapwater is generally low in salts, but has some Ca and Mg.

I grow under LEDs with west windows.

 

[BrucherT]

Starting fresh from my 2023 thread...

https://www.slippertalk.com/threads/orchids-2023.54491/
Lots of good things coming into bud and bloom now, lots of lowii, roths, etc.

Based on feedback from forum members last year, I made some changes including greatly increasing my feeding frequency. I am now feeding a 1/4 tsp of 30-10-10 at almost every watering (2x weekly). In the past I was very lazy about feeding, maybe twice a month. This year I am seeing a huge difference with increased plant growth, clumping plants with multiple spikes, higher flower count, and best of all, nearly 100% reduction in browning/dying back leaf tips on my roths. It has made a huge difference.

Anyway, on with the show.

Paph Salty 'Val' HCC/AOS. Probably the best I've ever bloomed it. The green will fade and flowers will turn completely white soon.
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Paph Jack Tonkin 'Val's Choice' AM/AOS. Also looking good this year and on its way to white.
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Paph haynaldianum, this clone is believed to be the wild type species from an old Ray Rands import. Compact plant. Very lighty purple-infused flowers--lovely!
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And now some line-bred haynaldianums, 'High Color' x 'Ron' from an Orchid Inn flask. I have a bunch of these plants which have been spiking for several years, and the plants are starting to get quite large.

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Your wild/type haynaldianum is magical.

 

[BrucherT]

Get from PaphParadise. He has nice blooming ones coming this year (like my recent lowii post).

How is “Mango” these days?

 

[Ozpaph]

is that about 100ppm N?

 

[Justin]

is that about 100ppm N?

According to the calculator on the FirstRays website it's 117 ppm N.

https://firstrays.com/fertilizer-ppm-calculator/

 

[tnyr5]

Nah, 75-ish ppm N. Use the g/L calculator; it's much more accurate. Plug in the .25g/L that I weighed as an average standard for 1/4 tsp/gal on my mg scale with the provided green spoon.

 

[Julius]

Some haynaldianum updates. These are from the cross of 'High Color' x 'Ron'.
Love this species.

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Wow

Some haynaldianum updates. These are from the cross of 'High Color' x 'Ron'.
Love this species.

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wow, love this plant. Truly great job on the display

 

[Justin]

Paph rothschildianum 'Charles E' FCC/AOS

 

[DrLeslieEe]

How is “Mango” these days?

Sulking lol.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

That MM is divine!

 

[PhilaGardener]

Awesome!

 

[NEslipper]

Loving all these roths, thanks for posting! Is the Charles E pretty slow growing?

 

[Justin]

Loving all these roths, thanks for posting! Is the Charles E pretty slow growing?

Yes Charles E is quite slow growing and takes a long time to flower. It was over 10 years to rebloom from when I first purchased it in spike.

'Borneo' by comparison is a more vigorous grower and much easier to bloom.

 

[Heather]

I like this idea of doing a thread for the year. Neat way to keep track. Everything is gorgeous!!