Paph lowii vs. haynaldianum

[Heather]

Should be posted tonight after the current auctions close or tomorrow…stay tuned!

 

[goldenrose]

One has been donated to the auction next week!!! :drool::drool:

Really... do tell more!

Here it is!
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20558

 

[nikv]

If you're not opposed to hybrids, you might want to consider a lowii crossed with any of the members of the cochlo group. There's plenty of them available on eBay right now. The cochlo should keep the size down yet provide a lowii-type flower. You'd be able to grow it on a windowsill for a lot longer than a straight lowii. A Paph. Henrietta Fujiwara would also be a nice possibility.

 

[NeoNJ]

I own both of these. They both grow on my Windowsill. They have 2-growths. These are both newly acquired. I have grown lowii before, and had no problem flowering this Paph. on my windowsill. But I did find it SLOWWWWW growing. I'm not familiar with Haynaldianum - many say it is easier (?) to grow. I don't quite know what that means - but we'll see.
With the exception of these two Paphs, I have moved away from the Multi-floral Paphs because they grow too slow, get large, and are not reliable bloomers every year.

 

[emydura]

No, its the other way around. Lowii is more floriferous than haynaldianum, by a long shot. If memory serves me correctly, there is only one awarded haynaldianum that had five flowers. All other awards are with lower flower counts. Right now the standard for lowii is six flowers but I have heard of them blooming with seven on one inflor. None have been awarded with seven though, I don't think (Guess I should check AQ before I make these generalizations but my memory is usually pretty good).
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I have 4 lowii's and 2 haynaldianum's. There is no comparison - lowii is so much more beautiful, has more flowers and has shown more vigour for me. I agree with everything Christian has said on this.

Christian - Sam Tsui recently acquired a division of a lowii that had 24 flowers on 3 spikes and each flower was 22 cm wide. The sort of lowii's we will be growing in 10-20 years will leave the current clones for dead. There doesn't seem to be any such breeding for haynaldianum.

David