Paph philippinense var roebelinii

[emydura]

David, That is totally outstanding and deserves some kind of award. Are producing these with 16C? I can't believe I'm still having to run the heater at night in late December! You too?

Thanks Mick. Yes, minimum temps of 16oC. Even summer nights get pretty cool here in Canberra (regularly less than 10oC) so the heater is often on during this time. Nowhere near as often as winter thank goodness.

 

[atlantis]

Un-be-lie-va-ble :clap:

 

[Rick]

Thanks Mick. Yes, minimum temps of 16oC. Even summer nights get pretty cool here in Canberra (regularly less than 10oC) so the heater is often on during this time. Nowhere near as often as winter thank goodness.

My philis/roebelinii get started on spikes in Feb when I still can have night temps down around 60 (16C). What's your day temp?

Is Northern Hemisphere February about equivalent to your August? You guys are about to hit summer solstice, and for most of us up north, philis are usually done blooming before summer.

 

[Ozpaph]

Thanks Mick. Yes, minimum temps of 16oC. Even summer nights get pretty cool here in Canberra (regularly less than 10oC) so the heater is often on during this time. Nowhere near as often as winter thank goodness.

You guys should move north - its not been below 20C for weeks now!
(though no-one can argue with the great way you grow your plants, David.)

My biggest challenge is keeping the humidity up and temps down.

 

[Leo Schordje]

Beautiful plant - outstanding growing. Well done.

 

[SlipperFan]

What a fantastic plant! What great growing!

 

[emydura]

My philis/roebelinii get started on spikes in Feb when I still can have night temps down around 60 (16C). What's your day temp?

Is Northern Hemisphere February about equivalent to your August? You guys are about to hit summer solstice, and for most of us up north, philis are usually done blooming before summer.

Yes, it would be. We are coming to the end of the first month of summer here now. The philis tend to be in bloom here in late spring/early summer.

You guys should move north - its not been below 20C for weeks now!
(though no-one can argue with the great way you grow your plants, David.)

My biggest challenge is keeping the humidity up and temps down.

Don't tempt me. The money I would save on heating. Brisbane would be almost perfect for the multi's. My plants grow well despite the climate. But they never really reach their full potential. They would grow so much better where you are. I would be getting way bigger growths and more flowers. This plant originally comes from Tinonee Orchids in northern NSW and you should see the size of his growths. I can't even get close.

I would have thought it would be pretty humid where you are. We have absolutely no humidity here. That is why a fogger is essential.

 

[Wendy]

Holy crap! Gorgeous! Take those green clips off and get that to a judging. :drool::clap::drool::clap::drool::clap:

 

[cnycharles]

(!)

 

[SlipperKing]

That's a stunner David! It has all the characteristics that come to mind for me anyway as the roebelenii type. Large, round and wavy dorsals, yellow to greenish helmet pouches and of course the long twisted petals. The plant, itself, has the wide and rounded leaf tips. Five would be a fantastic flower count for me but I have yet to get past three.
Can you say the K-lite fertilizer regime has anything to do with this current blooming?

 

[Justin]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mrs. Paph]

Awesome!!!! Lovely display!

 

[papheteer]

Amazing! Beautifully grown! Looks compact too!

 

[JeanLux]

:clap: Beautiful !!!! :clap: Jean

 

[cattmad]

that is a great phil, well grown david

 

[emydura]

Holy crap! Gorgeous! Take those green clips off and get that to a judging. :drool::clap::drool::clap::drool::clap:

Bad time of year. You have a such a narrow window with this species. There is only a very short period where all the flowers are opened nicely.

That's a stunner David! It has all the characteristics that come to mind for me anyway as the roebelenii type. Large, round and wavy dorsals, yellow to greenish helmet pouches and of course the long twisted petals. The plant, itself, has the wide and rounded leaf tips. Five would be a fantastic flower count for me but I have yet to get past three.
Can you say the K-lite fertilizer regime has anything to do with this current blooming?

Rick, while I'm sure the low K helps, I couldn't put the flowering down entirely to this. I have flowered this plant several times before with five flowers on a spike. It has always done well. It is just that the plant has now reached a good size clump to produce several spikes.

 

[nathalie]

:drool::clap::clap::clap:

 

[GuRu]

Terrific, what a gem - can't say much more 'cause my jaw dropped down on the keyboard.

 

[Rick]

Rick, while I'm sure the low K helps, I couldn't put the flowering down entirely to this. I have flowered this plant several times before with five flowers on a spike. It has always done well. It is just that the plant has now reached a good size clump to produce several spikes.

I also would not ascribe a high flower count to low K (directly), but indirectly through increased numbers of growths and maybe larger size of individual growths.

Low K (high Ca/Mg) should make more of the difference in successive years. Avoiding that boom and bust syndrome, the "amazing shrinking plant" syndrome, or a big crash from Erwinia.