Two 'Bud' Brothers of Exuls

[DrLeslieEe]

I think thats close to where they come from.

Krabi - Average temperatures

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Min (°C)	22	22	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	23	22
Max (°C)	33	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31
Min (°F)	72	72	73	75	75	73	73	73	73	72	73	72
Max (°F)	91	93	93	93	91	90	90	88	88	88	88	88

Indeed warm nights!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Whoa! How do you keep the temps so warm?

The top shelf of my cattleya shelf holds this high temperature due to the floor heating from the unit above. The lower shelves are exposed to the cooler winter windows, dipping to 15C on average. That's why in one room i can have different night Ts.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

View attachment 25732

Very cute and wide dorsal.

 

[werner.freitag]

Leslie, your lower shelf is more like my night temperatures in Dec/January. Now its going up.
The result is a shift of flowering period of several weeks , but it does not hurt them.
They are hardy, just we dont wanna wait, haha.

 

[musa]

That fits my temperature range perfectly!

 

[GuRu]

Werner, you are showing photos of lovely P. exuls. I like especially the 'Three musketeers' in the fourth one.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Werner, you are showing photos of lovely P. exuls. I like especially the 'Three musketeers' in the fourth one.

I want them all l9l.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

The flower has opened!



The dorsal color is lime green with a white halo, dotted with maroon spots at base, flushed light tan on petals and pouch.

Not sure if it will expand more as it's my first ever exul bloom. The dorsal presently is at the smaller end of 3 cm and NS is 8 cm. Petals tips are still green so maybe still growing?

The shape is very sleek and balanced, with the dorsal and synsepal mirror image of each other. The pouch is framed nicely with the lime green synsepal.

I think it's adorable lol.

Now we wait for the other one to open, but on preliminary observation, it does have minute brown spotting on lower dorsal. So not fully album, perhaps albescent?

 

[GuRu]

I want them all l9l.

Sorry Leslie, you are too late. Werner is a compatriot of me and we made an agreement....he will send them all to my address in Germany. Lol

 

[GuRu]

The flower has opened!........

You won't need them all.....because you already possess such a beuty. It's a lovely one.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Sorry Leslie, you are too late. Werner is a compatriot of me and we made an agreement....he will send them all to my address in Germany. Lol

Then I can get divisions from you! Yayyyyy...

 

[dodidoki]

Leslie doctor, oh no, prof. of orchids, without sarcasm and with great honour, I have to take off my hat .

 

[P.K.Hansen]

Mine just blasted the first bud, but there's another so there's still hope

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Mine just blasted the first bud, but there's another so there's still hope

Awww shucks... fingers crossed for this second bud.

 

[werner.freitag]

Photo of habitat and offered for sale............................

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Photo of habitat and offered for sale............................View attachment 25765

Great insitu pics.

Just sad they won't leave it alone. There's already line bred plants in nurseries.

 

[SuperPaph]

Beautiful this exul!!!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

The second exul has finally opened! Almost alba except for 8 freckles on the base of the dorsal. Guess it's now an albescent!



I am going to self this one to get some albas. Theoretically about 50% should come up alba, but experience from F3 step program is usually 25%.

Still a pretty one.

 

[werner.freitag]

very nice !
never seen so many photos of one species in a short time frame

 

[Martin]

Very nice! Looks like a fresh tasty lime. For me the dots at the base are not a problem. They make this flower so individual!