Paph henryanum

[Ernie]

This one is a keeper IMO. I find the proportion, color, and form pleasing. Shoot, even my wife likes it. Natural spread is ~9.5 cm. Parents are ('#3' X 'Candor Spot' AM/AOS). Got it as a division from a friend. I guess they consider me a very good friend! The dorsal has changed color from green-yellow to this more yellow color. The flower has been open for more than 50 days and still strong. Click thumbnail to Viagrify.



-Ernie

 

[JeanLux]

very nice large henry, great coloration and spottings on the dorsal!!!! Jean

 

[paphjoint]

Very pretty

 

[Bolero]

That is an excellent 'Henry' - very nice indeed.

 

[labskaus]

That's a good one for sure. I guess it's originally been bred by the Wellensteins?

Are you considering taking it for judging?

Cheers,

 

[biothanasis]

Amazing!!! Lots of spots as I like them...

 

[mkline3]

50 days! Wow, mine lasted like 3& 1/2 weeks!

 

[goldenrose]

:clap: WHOA! :drool: WOW!! :drool: OMG!!! :smitten:

 

[jblanford]

WOW!! That sure looks great Ernie. I just got a henry and I don't know what took me so long, they are great. And your photo lesson paid off... Jim.

 

[tenman]

Culture

Ernie-

Please tell me how to bloom mine. Nothing (cold, warm, high light, low light, wet, dry, calcium, no calcium, high fert, no fert) has worked and after almost 15 years I'm getting discouraged!

 

[Ernie]

Well, this is the first time we bloomed this one because we got it maybe last December-ish. But we've grown others from flask and they bloom fairly freely all around for us. It is next to the other henrys and a bunch of other Paphs. We just grow them like a Paphs. Roughly intermediate with many cool winter nights (45-50) and many hot summer days (90) (mostly because heating and cooling is expensive, not so much because we think they like it). Not crazy bright light like some like (parvis, phil, etc), just 4 40w fluors when inside and outside with about 60% shade from May-Sept.

Tenman, I'd donate yours to the society auction (COOS, right? Or give it to TF to let him worry about it), and get a different cultivar. If it's that old, certainly you can keep a small piece for yourself and part with the rest. Or at least threaten the plant with the auction OR the trash. That works sometimes.

-Ernie

 

[Ernie]

That's a good one for sure. I guess it's originally been bred by the Wellensteins?

Are you considering taking it for judging?

Cheers,

Well, the one parent is from AnTec, but with a clonal name like '#3', I'd guess this one has Taiwanese origins. For such a colorful culture, they sure pick lame clonal names. Maybe they have too many good ones to actually think of nifty names for them all. I think I'd find the time and inspiration.

-Ernie

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

It's a gorgeous henryanum!

 

[Ernie]

Took it to a show to have judged. Didn't make the mark because the flower is aged. The petals are drooping a little and the dorsal color isn't as nice as it was. Certainly has a bright future though.

-Ernie

 

[SelectOrchids]

Well, the one parent is from AnTec, but with a clonal name like '#3', I'd guess this one has Taiwanese origins. For such a colorful culture, they sure pick lame clonal names. Maybe they have too many good ones to actually think of nifty names for them all. I think I'd find the time and inspiration.

-Ernie

The numbers like that in Taiwan for the species usually mean that they are jungle plants that they selected, not always, but most of the time. I would not be surprised, there are some amazing henryanum in the wild that could well have been a parent.

Very good quality bloom on that plant btw

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Gorgeous! You guys are killing me with your henryanums.

 

[Rick]

This is a great henryanum Ernie. The reflexing at the lower edge of the dorsal sepal is minimum. I'd get this one in for judging again next year!!

 

[SlipperFan]

Definitely a keeper. How long did it take from seedling to bloom?

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice flower Ernie. Thanks for sharing your culture as well

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Tennis...you are not alone. The only henryanum I have ever had success with was my first..a collected plant I got from Richard Topper in 1987...didn't bloom every year, but it did bloom for me. Since then, my henryanums haven't done much of anything. Take care, Eric