SlipperFan
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Those are really tall spikes.
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Damas
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@ Franck : Thank you ! The second bud is now almost ready for a pic, I will show it here soon. I love this plant and I will sure take great care of it.
It seems to be an easy grower which is good, and has adapted to my conditions very quick.
@ Rick : I am sure we'll see yours soon !
@ Dot : the spike is about 40cm (16 inches)
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goldenrose
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WELCOME FRANK! Sounds like a voice with some experience! Please introduce yourself!
Ummm, look at the name of the species! 
Welcome from NYC! "Talk about straight from the horses mouth!"
Welcome from NYC! "Talk about straight from the horses mouth!"
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goldenrose
Guest
OOPS!!! I was laughing at Rick's typo OPPS, now I made a worse one!Ummm, look at the name of the species!
BUT he is new here, so the WELCOME is still appropriate & I'm sure there's other things he could tell us about himself!?
JeanLux
Well-Known Member
OOPS!!! I was laughing at Rick's typo OPPS, now I made a worse one!
BUT he is new here, so the WELCOME is still appropriate & I'm sure there's other things he could tell us about himself!?
Frank joined in 2006, so he is one of the 'old' ones, but very discrete!
! Jean
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goldenrose
Guest
Thanks Jean! I guess it should have been WELCOME BACK! When I saw 2 posts, I thought he must be new!
Probably had a hard time finding a WIFI connection wandering around the slopes of Borneo, et al...!
Introduction
GoldenRose,
My name is Frank Cervera. I have been growing slipper orchids for about fifteen years now. I have been a member of Slippertalk for many years, usually just reading and occasionally chuckling at some of it. I don't post as often as I should, a by product of to many years of public confrontations on orchid forums, which I try to avoid. I have written about p. sanderianum for the Orchid Digest, am working on a series of articles (possibly a book) on phrags and live and grow in New York.
P. Cerveranum has actually been in cultivation, as a distinct species, since the 1960's. These plants were originally called p. robinsonii. However, the plants did not match the type specimen, and thus were new to science and horticulture. Recently, the same type of error was found with phrag wallisii. It was not until the 1990's, and the publication of "The Genus Paphiopedilum", second edition, by Cribb that the discrepancy was formally noted. Soon thereafter plants from distinct populations found there way out of vietnam, where the plants breed true to the type.
Unfortunately, there is far to much greenhouse taxonomy and not nearly enough field research by properly vetted and experienced taxonomists. Some of this imbalance can be seen in the way many Chinese species already known to horticulture are "re-described" as "new species" by field taxonomists with inadequate knowledge of the full scope and interrelationships of the genus and the seemingly haphazard manner in which "new" species are described by tenured taxonomists based upon two flowering plants of dubious origin in a greenhouse thousands of miles away from where the plants "supposedly" originated years before.
To make matters worse, the orchid nursery business has gotten so back-biting that business people, who we often mistake as tenured scientists and taxonomists, inevitably throw their own opinions around to discredit a competitor with something new to sell, which they themselves do not possess.
There, now I've gone and inevitably made someone upset.
Again, your cerveranum is true to the type and a rare and special plant. Take good care of it! I look forward to seeing more pictures! If I can be of any more help, drop me a note!
GoldenRose,
My name is Frank Cervera. I have been growing slipper orchids for about fifteen years now. I have been a member of Slippertalk for many years, usually just reading and occasionally chuckling at some of it. I don't post as often as I should, a by product of to many years of public confrontations on orchid forums, which I try to avoid. I have written about p. sanderianum for the Orchid Digest, am working on a series of articles (possibly a book) on phrags and live and grow in New York.
P. Cerveranum has actually been in cultivation, as a distinct species, since the 1960's. These plants were originally called p. robinsonii. However, the plants did not match the type specimen, and thus were new to science and horticulture. Recently, the same type of error was found with phrag wallisii. It was not until the 1990's, and the publication of "The Genus Paphiopedilum", second edition, by Cribb that the discrepancy was formally noted. Soon thereafter plants from distinct populations found there way out of vietnam, where the plants breed true to the type.
Unfortunately, there is far to much greenhouse taxonomy and not nearly enough field research by properly vetted and experienced taxonomists. Some of this imbalance can be seen in the way many Chinese species already known to horticulture are "re-described" as "new species" by field taxonomists with inadequate knowledge of the full scope and interrelationships of the genus and the seemingly haphazard manner in which "new" species are described by tenured taxonomists based upon two flowering plants of dubious origin in a greenhouse thousands of miles away from where the plants "supposedly" originated years before.
To make matters worse, the orchid nursery business has gotten so back-biting that business people, who we often mistake as tenured scientists and taxonomists, inevitably throw their own opinions around to discredit a competitor with something new to sell, which they themselves do not possess.
There, now I've gone and inevitably made someone upset.
Again, your cerveranum is true to the type and a rare and special plant. Take good care of it! I look forward to seeing more pictures! If I can be of any more help, drop me a note!
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goldenrose
Guest
Thanks Frank!!! We need a phrag book! Good Luck!
The history lessons are quite interesting, I'm sure others are benefitting as well as myself! Good to meet you!
The history lessons are quite interesting, I'm sure others are benefitting as well as myself! Good to meet you!
Thanx for the info.
kentuckiense
Debaser
Frank, if you don't mind, how about a little history about the etymology of this species?
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Damas
Guest
According to my "Paphiopedilum" by Braem and Chiron : paphiopedilum cerveranum was "named as a homage to Franck Cervera, a fervid lady slipper lover from Yonkers, USA" (this is a transation, as my book is in french)
Franck, I am very impressed to have your opinion here. Thank you very much
A few pics below, to ensure you that I take good care of my cerveranum who seems to be happy in my place, so far.
Making new roots :
Starting new shoots :
It's beautifull long leaves :
I got a hard time to have a pic of the whole plant, because I could not move as back as I need to with this lense, so just a pic of the new flower, the old one still looking good, in the background :
Franck, I am very impressed to have your opinion here. Thank you very much
A few pics below, to ensure you that I take good care of my cerveranum who seems to be happy in my place, so far.
Making new roots :
Starting new shoots :
It's beautifull long leaves :
I got a hard time to have a pic of the whole plant, because I could not move as back as I need to with this lense, so just a pic of the new flower, the old one still looking good, in the background :
likespaphs
some call me brian
nice lookin' flowers....
tres bien
tres bien
Argh! I used to live in Yonkers! North Broadway and Lake!
