Some seedling progress

[tnyr5]

June to December (I put a digital white dot on one leaf to mark it as the same so it would be easier to follow):

 

[tnyr5]

Xmas germinations:
Prince Edward of York 'Sublime Botanical Noodliness' x rothschildianum 'Mt Millais' FCC/AOS, etc etc etc.

Dactylorhiza viridis


Platanthera clavellata (ostensibly, I pollinated it with grandiflora, but being such a tiny thing, it's very likely that I just accidentally selfed it. )

 

[richgarrison]

June to December (I put a digital white dot on one leaf to mark it as the same so it would be easier to follow):

When I do that the fans always blow them off. How do you get them to stick?


;-)

 

[tnyr5]

You just have to know how.

 

[tnyr5]

Platanthera Bea Pinkepank (ciliaris x blephariglottis) This is why you put them in 6in pots. These are big enough to bloom.

 

[tnyr5]

More Bea Pinkepanks, almost all blooming size, which will mean they bloom less than 2 years from pollination. That's 15 Platantheras down, about 130 to go lol.

 

[tnyr5]

Whew, that was close. Pulled the sheath from the PEOY, there would have been 7. Can't have that; I'd have to honor my bet with Leslie lol.

 

[BrucherT]

Oh no! Why?

 

[orchid527]

Oh no! Why?

Excellent question!! Mike

 

[tnyr5]

Because I told Leslie that if it ever bloomed with 7, I'd take it to judging. I never said WHEN I'd let it bloom with 7. And I'm SO not dragging a 30lb, 3-feet-in-all-directions plant to judging in February lol.

 

[BrucherT]

Because I told Leslie that if it ever bloomed with 7, I'd take it to judging. I never said WHEN I'd let it bloom with 7. And I'm SO not dragging a 30lb, 3-feet-in-all-directions plant to judging in February lol.

I’m astonished that you could bring yourself to chop it!

 

[tnyr5]

Oh, that's easy. I am a grower of roots; flowers are incidental. At this point I see no reason to let it bloom unless there are going to be 20-something flowers at once. Besides, I have half a dozen slippers in spike to keep me visually occupied.

 

[Ozpaph]

tougher than I

 

[tnyr5]

*Whistles while he pollinates*

 

[Happypaphy7]

I mean, for a good grower with confidence, why not? hehe
By the way, is that SFG Wotan?? If yes, how many flowers did you get since that last time? I remember it being pretty big clump and you were expecting a big show.
And what is it crossed with? micranthum again? I want one!!

 

[tnyr5]

That's Wotan's sibling, Fricka. It decided to bloom its flowers out of sync, so I'm breeding it this year. Wotan lives with my friend in California, lol. This is x Chou Yi Ladywings; I'm curious if anitum's tendency to enhance segment width will come through. Three more flowers to go yet.

 

[tnyr5]

Cypripedium reginae just beginning to germinate!

 

[tnyr5]

Another Paph mother flask germinating


And a first spread on a Masdevallia:

 

[tnyr5]

* wipes brow * deflasked around 100 Platanthera yesterday, only 150 more to go.

 

[tnyr5]

More Platantheras