Paph ciliolare

[emydura]

First flowering seedling. The label says it is the pink form. I only bought this plant in March as basically a FS plant. So far so good. First time I have seen this species in person. It is such a beautiful flower - good colour, form and size held on a nice upright spike. I hope it grows on well.


Paph ciliolare

 

[jimspaphs]

yes I like that and what a stem.

 

[Stone]

Wow that is truly superb.

 

[John M]

Yes, you got a very nice one!

 

[Spaph]

What a clone! Great blooming.

 

[Ozpaph]

off to judging for you (and it)!!

 

[kiwi]

Awesome

 

[SlipperKing]

Great flower David. I see you have it in a net pot. I'm having the best luck growing this species than ever before in the net pots.
The petals tend to reflex back as the flower ages, I'd be interested in knowing if yours does.

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[Secundino]

Very beautiful!

 

[Brabantia]

Very nice flower !

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[monocotman]

That is spectacular!
I do not go for the callosum types usually but this one is special,
David

 

[gego]

The best ciliolare Ive seen. Congrats

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[GuRu]

David, this flower is gorgeous, shape, stance, colouration all are perfect - congrats

 

[blondie]

A stunning bloom and colour congrats

 

[JeanLux]

Great pics of that Beauty !!!! Jean

 

[Guldal]

Very nice! Such intense and saturated colours!!

May I be so free as to ask, from where you got the plant?

Kind regards, Jens

 

[emydura]

Thanks everyone.

Great flower David. I see you have it in a net pot. I'm having the best luck growing this species than ever before in the net pots.
The petals tend to reflex back as the flower ages, I'd be interested in knowing if yours does.

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So far so good Rick. The petals have reflexed a little bit but not excessively. It still looks nice to the eye. I'll give it a bit more time and get back to you.

First time I have grown this species. I have had it since March and put it straight into a net pot. It hasn't really grown since then, just put up a spike. This whole group generally does better for me in net pots.

Very nice! Such intense and saturated colours!!

May I be so free as to ask, from where you got the plant?

Kind regards, Jens

I bought this plant from an Australian orchid nursey - Orchid Species Plus. They came to Canberra earlier this year and they had one plant on the sales table. Bill Miles said the ones that had flowered had all been very nice. This one turned out to be the same. I'm not sure where these plants originated from. The nursey would have imported the flask.

off to judging for you (and it)!!

Unfortunately I have nowhere to take it at this time of year.

 

[SlipperKing]

So how does the Australian judging Work? Do they not meet on a monthly basis all over the country like the US does?

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[Ozpaph]

David, you can call the AOC regional judge and find/arrange judging, if you want. I would.

 

[emydura]

So how does the Australian judging Work? Do they not meet on a monthly basis all over the country like the US does?

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David, you can call the AOC regional judge and find/arrange judging, if you want. I would.

Our local society is quite small. We don't have enough judges to get plants awarded at our regular monthly meetings. I tend to only get plants awarded at our big spring show or regionals shows or when our local judges get together with other judges for training (which isn't often).

For me to get this plant judged I would have to drive to Sydney (about 4 hours). The meetings are during the week so I would have to take time off work. Just a little impractical at the moment. Next time it flowers, hopefully it will flower at another time of year.