Paph Luciano Pavaratti (Susan Booth x delenatii)

[L I Jane]

Has anyone ever bloomed this guy? I've had it for quite awhile 4/06 with multiple growths but no buds yet..The leaves are very dark but it gets good light.

 

[Shiva]

Maybe you should sing to it!

 

[tomkalina]

Nessun dorma would be appropriate.........one of Pavarotti's best.

 

[likespaphs]

hey now! i thought i was the comedian here....

 

[John Boy]

I wouldn't have thought of a delenatii Hybrid as Luciano Pavarotti... I'd have selected a huge and larger than life rothschildianum or sanderianum based plant for a true Pavarotti impression...not a girlish, tiny, PINK delenatii cross!
Let's see....How would I cook up a Luciano Pavarotti Memoria Paphiopedilum?!....

I'd start with:

((Paph. Prince Edward of York x phillipinense album) x sanderianum)) X ((Lady Isabelle x rothschildianum) x Jacob's Ladder))......and maybe I'd bloom the offsprings first, to cross that result onto a topperi album!!!

That should fetch a plant worthy of the name....

I never said I was sane, did I?!

 

[L I Jane]

Aw, you guys are KILLING ME!!

 

[John Boy]

we wouldn't!!!

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[Shiva]

Nessun dorma would be appropriate.........one of Pavarotti's best.

Jeez! The plant is already asleep. You need to wake it up with some Wagner. Something robust like the Ride of the Walkyries! (Don't know if that's spelled right).

On the serious side, I've found that neglect or hard times often pays off for these reluctant bloomers. Stop pampering them. Let them dry up longer, let the temperature go out of its range. That's what I did this spring with a Masdevallia ignea. The thing has grown big and never flowered in six years. This spring, I put it outside à 0C celsius and lower, forgot about watering it, gave it full sunshine for part of the day, threathened to throw it on the coompost pile. Now, it has several flower spikes coming up. And I tell it this is better be a goooood flowering or else...

 

[John Boy]

You don't seem to be growing according to the Geneva Conventions for plant rights, do you? Who wouldn't flower under such threat....

 

[Shiva]

You don't seem to be growing according to the Geneva Conventions for plant rights, do you? Who wouldn't flower under such threat....

I have ways to make them flower. Ha! Ha! Ha! :evil:

 

[SlipperFan]

I'm with John Boy.

It would be interesting to know the history behind why this hybrid is so named. Maybe it's colorful???

 

[cabnc]

Any flowers ??

Had a friend offer to send me this plant. But I can not find a picture of what to expect. Has anyone ever bloomed this cross ??

Charlie

 

[L I Jane]

Charlie,it's funny that you dredged up this older post about Luciano Pavarotti.I did bloom it last year finally but the bloom was a little crippled so I didn't take a photo but right now it's coming up into spike so if it doesn't croak after this heat wave,I hope to take a pic.If I remembered correctly it (the spike )took a long time to mature into a bloom.

 

[NYEric]

Looking forward to the photo. Thanks Jane.

 

[goldenrose]

Patience Jane!
Keep us updated please!

 

[L I Jane]

Thought I'd show you the bud or spike as of today

 

[Chicago Chad]

You need to wake it up with some Wagner

Now that's how to properly threaten a plant!

 

[NYEric]

Looking good.

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Never heard of this hybrid. Looking forward to finally seeing it.

 

[Dido]

we cross fingers for you.