Orchids 2024

[emydura]

Proportionally, it is a bit out. The petals are very long relative to the rest of the flower. Never going to be awarded. But I still like it. It looks different. It is a unique looking roth. A keeper in my eyes.

 

[Justin]

Oh it's definitely a keeper. And a very beautiful roth. Just pointing out that for all the reasons cited above there are a few elements that would take it down a notch in the context of judging standards.

 

[NEslipper]

Beautiful roth! The narrowness doesn't bother me at all. Great color and good balance between the dorsal and synsepal. Congrats!

 

[Justin]

A nice little bessae I keep around.

This plant is in bloom 365 days a year. This is the 15th flower on the current inflorescence, and another spike is also starting.

Possibly the easiest plant to grow in my collection. It just sits in a shallow tray of water. Small plant. Non-climbing habit.

I really like it.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Wow, nonstop beauty!

 

[Justin]

Final look at roth Charles E for the season.

 

[Morja]

A nice little bessae I keep around.

This plant is in bloom 365 days a year. This is the 15th flower on the current inflorescence, and another spike is also starting.

Possibly the easiest plant to grow in my collection. It just sits in a shallow tray of water. Small plant. Non-climbing habit.

I really like it.

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Did you go out of your way to get a non-climber, or did you get lucky?
Would love to see the whole plant!

 

[GuRu]

.......This is the 15th flower on the current inflorescence, and another spike is also starting.

This is extraordinary and the flower looks also great.

Final look at roth Charles E for the season.

Another lovely roth ... it's a pity in my eyes that their flower season is over in your greenhouse ... will miss these lovely flowers

 

[Justin]

stonei

 

[Justin]

Here is a first bloom Paph stonei 'TN Queen' x self. There are 3 open flowers, but there is a fourth bud that will open later.

I grew this from a 2cm plantlet out of flask18 YEARS AGO. There were many cultural bumps and bruises along the way, but I am happy to finally see it in bloom!





Here is its next biggest sib. This one has nice glossy leaves, and is also getting ready to spike at the next opportunity.

 

[hkunberger]

18 years!! Very glad your patience was rewarded with such lovely blooms

 

[emydura]

That is just stunning Justin. Your hard work has paid off. Hopefully you will see flowers more regularly from now on.

 

[Duck Slipper]

18 years! Goodness gracious!
Good job!

 

[Ozpaph]

You deserve a medal for growing a stonei from tiny to flowering!

 

[tnyr5]

Maybe I should give my stonei flasklings to someone else, since men in my family die young lol.

 

[GuRu]

Great P. stonei, Justin ... and Kudos to you patience ... but I'm honest, I own few Paphs. too where I'm not so sure whether I will see them flowering in my lifetime. But hope dies last.

 

[richgarrison]

……There were many cultural bumps and bruises along the way, but I am happy to finally see it in bloom!

Love this flower.

Even more so….

Misery loves company on the ‘cultural bumps in the road’ comment…

So many times I’m blooming out a grex that I’ve had from flask or initial offering. Well after others have had 3 flowerings in their plants. All because of those bumps….

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Hi five to being human!!!! And willing to admit it….

 

[NEslipper]

These plants certainly teach patience. Congrats, any blooming stonei is a wonderful stonei!

 

[Justin]

So the stonei actually turned out to be pretty nice. The flower stance in particular is quite lovely in person.

 

[Tom-DE]

Space is my big issue for multis...and I enjoy yours very much, Justin. Do you have the compact lowii too? I heard about it here and I saw one for sale on OL website the other day but I don't know how compact is compact...the new mini/compact roth someone posted here not that long ago was truly fantastic, maybe the mini lowii would be great too.