Paph. tranlienianum

[SlipperKing]

Great purchase Marc!

 

[SlipperFan]

Eric, that solution you need to depend on someone and it will take time, it could be the rest of your life you won't see it ... what you can do now, you should pack it up and move to Vietnam,
bd

Were it only that easy!

That is a beautiful tranlienianum -- nicely photographed, also.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Well, going to live in Vietnam would mean eating great Vietnamese food....Think of it Eric, even better than that place on Mulberry St!

 

[NYEric]

What about snow skiing!?

 

[JeanLux]

Very cool plant Marc with 2 nicely colored blooms!!!! Were did you get it from?

(I brought one with only 1 bud along from Aachen) Jean

 

[baodai]

Were it only that easy!

Eric, Dot,
It is hard only if you make it hard , Eric, here is a deal for you ....

• 
  You can live 6 months in vietnam and 6 months in USA

• 
  You can purchase couple hecta land over there and grow your own orchid, While you are not there you can hire someone take care of your land for about $150-$200/month, If you promise you won't come over my land, I can let you be my neighbor, you don't even need to build greenhouse or pots, you can grow everything on the ground or on trees

• 
  Now, stop complain it is not fair, I'm sure alot of people in this world, would like to trade your life with their

• 
  I'm making you the last offer, I go to Vietnam every year, it costs about $1,500 around trip. Food and place to sleep will be on me, I will take you to forest to collect orchid, you find it you keep it, I even hire people to carry your stuff to forest for you, the camera may weight 5 lbs, but after 2 miles it will weight about 10 lbs .... last but not least, girls are cheap to ... if you watch that movie "Full metal Jacket"( .... 5 dollars for a ..... ), you know what I'm talking about.

Now, What are you going to say?
BD

 

[NYEric]

I have no excuses!

 

[Dido]

we should think about a trip to vietnam.

some good points mentioned here

 

[ohio-guy]

"last but not least, girls are cheap"

It is a sad commentary that women are listed as just another commodity.

 

[Dido]

"last but not least, girls are cheap"

It is a sad commentary that women are listed as just another commodity.

was thinking on the cheap land and the cheap workers,
you are right we all love our wifes so we never would do such things. :wink:

 

[Marc]

I'm pretty new to the forum and I don't know if it's normal that threads get derailed on a regular basis here. But would you please continue the Vietnam discussion in a more apropriate forum section?

 

[Evergreen]

LOL Marc
A very beautiful paph you have there, great photos too!

 

[Marc]

The 2nd flower is now fully develloped as well.

Enjoy!

 

[SlipperKing]

Holy Smoke! What a beauty! Thanks Marc.

 

[Shiva]

I'm pretty new to the forum and I don't know if it's normal that threads get derailed on a regular basis here. But would you please continue the Vietnam discussion in a more apropriate forum section?

It happens very often Marc. That's the way our brain works. Usually though, someone will get the thread back on rails. Check the Joke of the Day site. I can remember reading a very good post on ''multitasking'' and never actually do what you had set up to do in the first place.
That said, I hope I didn't derailed the thread again.

 

[Kevin]

Wow!!:drool: Awesome flowers and picture!!:clap::drool: So, you grow this on a windowsill?? What temps and how much light?

On the photography side, can you tell us what equipment/settings you used for this? What background did you use, and how far away were you?

 

[Marc]

Wow!!:drool: Awesome flowers and picture!!:clap::drool: So, you grow this on a windowsill?? What temps and how much light?

On the photography side, can you tell us what equipment/settings you used for this? What background did you use, and how far away were you?

All my plants grow on the windowsills of the house. Most of them are gathered in an extention of house were we have a small kitchentop with a sink and a couple of cupboards ( not the actual kitchen for cooking ).

The extention has a window that faces west but because the extension is build on the northside of the house it doesn't get any direct sunlight in the winter. Temperatures range between aprox. 10C at night and 15 - 18C during the daytime.

I can't take much credit for the growing of this plant though. It came from the collection of another hobyist who is retiring from the hobby. The true challenge will be to get it to bloom myself.

Regarding the photography side.

Picture was taken with a Canon 400D DSLR + Sigma 105mm macro lense. The camera was mounted on a Manfrotto tripod with Manfrotto ballhead ( arrived by mail this week ).

Further equipment was a wire release cable to avoid vibrations because of the longer shutter time 0.5 - 1 second.

As a background I used a plain black tower that I draped over the legs of a chair that I had upside down on the table the plant stood on. Distance between the lense and plant would have been around 1 to 1.5 meter.

Last note, NO FLASH. Might have been obvious because of the long shutter time but when trying to take pictures of flowers don't use a flash if you have the luctury of a tripod. When using a flash try to bounce it of the wall or ceiling or make use of a softbox or something else that takes the sharpness of the light of the flash.

 

[Ross]

Very nice flowers and excellent pictures, Marc. I especially like the veining in the pouch and the chocolate streaks in the dorsal.

 

[JeanLux]

Holy Smoke! What a beauty! Thanks Marc.

What Rick wrote!!!! :clap: Jean

 

[SlipperFan]

Very cool! I need one!