What steals your heart because of its leaves?

[Carkin]

Intimidated by malipoense? Why? I have one and it's a really good grower, albeit a slow one. I just read how they're supposed to be taken care of and... *coughs* let's just say that I don't treat mine like you're supposed to, and it seems to be working out fine.



Just as I have become obsessed with multis, then? To each their own. :wink:





Actually, I must agree; Parvis, with the exception of hangianum and emersonii, and Brachys all have seriously gorgeous foliage.

That's good to know! I was under the impression they were difficult. Maybe I will get a malipoense now.
I just got my first multi this summer, and I'm definitely wanting more! I'm getting good ideas from your "easy" multi thread.

 

[The Mutant]

That's good to know! I was under the impression they were difficult. Maybe I will get a malipoense now.
I just got my first multi this summer, and I'm definitely wanting more! I'm getting good ideas from your "easy" multi thread.

I really can't see any reason why you shouldn't and I'm always happy to help spreading the hoarding virus around. :evil:

 

[Carkin]

I really can't see any reason why you shouldn't and I'm always happy to help spreading the hoarding virus around. :evil:

Lol! Okay, I'll blame it on you then.

 

[The Mutant]

Lol! Okay, I'll blame it on you then.

Correction! Apparently I grow my malipoense in intermediate temperatures. Something went wrong in my conversion between Fahrenheit to Celsius, sorry about that.

 

[Carkin]

Correction! Apparently I grow my malipoense in intermediate temperatures. Something went wrong in my conversion between Fahrenheit to Celsius, sorry about that.

Okay, thanks for that clarification. Btw, I was just teasing about blaming you...although I am always looking for fresh excuses to tell my husband as to why I've got another orchid!
I do have a primary hybrid that (judging from the leaves) takes more from the malipoense side, and it's doing really well. So that gives me more hope that I can handle a malipoense too.

 

[The Mutant]

Okay, thanks for that clarification. Btw, I was just teasing about blaming you...although I am always looking for fresh excuses to tell my husband as to why I've got another orchid!
I do have a primary hybrid that (judging from the leaves) takes more from the malipoense side, and it's doing really well. So that gives me more hope that I can handle a malipoense too.

Haha! You can continue blaming me, I can take it. It's okay since I blame all of Slippertalk for enabling my hoarding. I'm just a victim to peer pressure after all, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :rollhappy:

 

[NYEric]

here, I found this.
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28775&highlight=foliage

 

[Carkin]

Thank you Eric!

 

[PaphMadMan]

Has no one mentioned concolor specifically? The clear standout among the Brachys as far as I'm concerned. A good one is like a tiny endless abstract landscape painting.

 

[Carkin]

Has no one mentioned concolor specifically? The clear standout among the Brachys as far as I'm concerned. A good one is like a tiny endless abstract landscape painting.

I will have to look more closely at a concolor...I love that description!

 

[troy]

I agree!! A healthy concolor has awesome foliage a mottled greyish blue green, they are easy to grow although grow a little brighter

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Okay, thanks for that clarification. Btw, I was just teasing about blaming you...although I am always looking for fresh excuses to tell my husband as to why I've got another orchid!
I do have a primary hybrid that (judging from the leaves) takes more from the malipoense side, and it's doing really well. So that gives me more hope that I can handle a malipoense too.

Paph. malipoense is probably my favorite species, or pretty close, but its one of those species that I have a hard time growing -- I simply haven't figured it out yet but I will keep trying until I get things right. Mali hybrids seem to do quite well for me, though.

 

[Scott Ware]

There are so many paphs with gorgeous foliage. Some I really love include Paph. Ho Chi Minh, Paph. concolor, and of course Paph. delenatii fma vinicolor.

The most beautiful foliage I have ever seen on ANY orchid was a large, multiple growth plant of Paph. hookerae that Chris Ellis had in his greenhouse at Hoodview Orchids sometime around 1988. I've never seen more stunning foliage since. The plant was a monster compared to any other Paph. hookerae I've ever seen, bearing a bold and brilliant perfectly tessellated geometric pattern of many shades ranging from dark green to almost white with a rich texture of smooth velvet. Of the thousands of plants I have seen in the years since, this one stands out the most because of that foliage.

 

[cnycharles]

Sorry to be the white sheep, but Goodyear repens


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[The Mutant]

Has no one mentioned concolor specifically? The clear standout among the Brachys as far as I'm concerned. A good one is like a tiny endless abstract landscape painting.

Concolor has a very gorgeous foliage. I don't like the Brachys, but they do know their way around producing astonishing foliage.

There are so many paphs with gorgeous foliage. Some I really love include Paph. Ho Chi Minh, Paph. concolor, and of course Paph. delenatii fma vinicolor.

The most beautiful foliage I have ever seen on ANY orchid was a large, multiple growth plant of Paph. hookerae that Chris Ellis had in his greenhouse at Hoodview Orchids sometime around 1988. I've never seen more stunning foliage since. The plant was a monster compared to any other Paph. hookerae I've ever seen, bearing a bold and brilliant perfectly tessellated geometric pattern of many shades ranging from dark green to almost white with a rich texture of smooth velvet. Of the thousands of plants I have seen in the years since, this one stands out the most because of that foliage.

Wait, what? Hookerae? This is a sigmatopetalum Paph, right? Why on earth don't I have this one? It's gorgeous! Maybe it's hard to get a hold of here in Europe? I can tell Elsner has had it and Popow has it, and it was/is expensive. Is it difficult to grow? I've noticed that some of those more difficult Paphs seem to be more expensive than the easier ones.

 

[Marco]

Molted leaf Phals (stuartiana and philippinensis)

Variegation especially when the bordering on yellow/green is crisp and clean (Phal aphrodite/ambalis and variegated neos)

Update : i posted the above based on thread title only and before reading the first post. I didn't realize that this is supposed to be for paphs only....oops.

 

[NYEric]

Someone on this forum, not me, has a variegated leaf multi!

 

[Marco]

Someone on this forum, not me, has a variegated leaf multi!

Thread link?

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[cnycharles]

Goodyera repens var ophioglossoides

 

[NYEric]

Thread link?

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It has not been shared with th emasses!