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When Compots Go Begging - Paph. tigrinum Blooming in Compot
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Scott Ware
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Thank you all for your enthusiastic comments. My hope is to grow the entire cross out and see if maybe.... just MAYBE... there might be 12 plants worthy of putting up for that holy grail of AOS awards - the Award of Quality. While this first bloomer is a little disappointing in size, we can't really judge the group based on one seedling blooming in a compot.
Six months ago I set out a few of the smaller seedlings to see how well they adapted to living alone and so far they've all done very well. I didn't want to barge right into repotting them all unless I knew the potting mix and environmental conditions were favorable.
This is true, in my experience. Time and time again I have set larger seedlings into individual pots and they did no where near as well as those placed into a compot with their siblings.
I use Peters Cal/Mag 15-5-15 and alternate occasionally with 20-20-20 when I run out of, or don't have the patience to dissolve the Cal/Mag.
When I got the grandparents of these seedlings from Ray Rands several years ago (it was being called "markianum" then), they bloomed right away (jungle vigor?), but then pouted for a couple years before blooming again. I can't really think of anything I do differently for Paph. tigrinum that I don't do for everything in the greenhouse. Just the basics - good air circulation, humidity and clean water. With heating costs so high I try to get away with the bare minimum temps all Winter - watering minimally with the temp usually bottoming out at 55F during the day, and 52F at night. Whether or not that has anything to do with blooming, I'm not sure.
That is as much, if not more, a contradiction as "Jumbo Shrimp" or "Military Intelligence" - there is no such thing as too many plants!
Six months ago I set out a few of the smaller seedlings to see how well they adapted to living alone and so far they've all done very well. I didn't want to barge right into repotting them all unless I knew the potting mix and environmental conditions were favorable.
This is true, in my experience. Time and time again I have set larger seedlings into individual pots and they did no where near as well as those placed into a compot with their siblings.
I use Peters Cal/Mag 15-5-15 and alternate occasionally with 20-20-20 when I run out of, or don't have the patience to dissolve the Cal/Mag.
When I got the grandparents of these seedlings from Ray Rands several years ago (it was being called "markianum" then), they bloomed right away (jungle vigor?), but then pouted for a couple years before blooming again. I can't really think of anything I do differently for Paph. tigrinum that I don't do for everything in the greenhouse. Just the basics - good air circulation, humidity and clean water. With heating costs so high I try to get away with the bare minimum temps all Winter - watering minimally with the temp usually bottoming out at 55F during the day, and 52F at night. Whether or not that has anything to do with blooming, I'm not sure.
That is as much, if not more, a contradiction as "Jumbo Shrimp" or "Military Intelligence" - there is no such thing as too many plants!
Roy
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Ahem... And what exactly do you people demand in return for your repotting services?oke:
Hey, not that many, one out of every second compot is enough.
SlipperFan
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That's amazing. Good luck getting a bunch to bloom at the same time.
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etex
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Nice thread. Awesome flower!! Thought I'd bring it forward. Scott-how is the amazingly vigorous tigrinum now?
parvi_17
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Very cool.
Scott Ware
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Um... welp.... err... <kicking sand with toe of shoe> ya see, Diane... well, let me just start by saying that NOT ONE of them has died, OK??!
I am still nervous about removing them from the compots and as a result we had 27 flowers open at once this year. But now I really don't have a choice - I have to get them out of the compot this year and into individual pots. I have been doing experimenting with some test potting mixes just to see what works best in individual pots and I think I have the recipe worked out.
This seems to be a really magical location on the bench - not only did the Paph. tigrinum all bloom beautifully in compot this year but now there is a Paph. adductum blooming from a compot in the next tray over. I really think there is something to this "benign neglect" method of orchid growing!
I am still nervous about removing them from the compots and as a result we had 27 flowers open at once this year. But now I really don't have a choice - I have to get them out of the compot this year and into individual pots. I have been doing experimenting with some test potting mixes just to see what works best in individual pots and I think I have the recipe worked out.
This seems to be a really magical location on the bench - not only did the Paph. tigrinum all bloom beautifully in compot this year but now there is a Paph. adductum blooming from a compot in the next tray over. I really think there is something to this "benign neglect" method of orchid growing!
SlipperFan
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Your compots must be wonderful!
John M
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Scott; please don't tell us that you did not take a photo of that compot with all 27 flowers! We want pictures! PLEASE!?
Scott Ware
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Sorry
I went several months without a camera this year and just managed to get a new one about 3 weeks ago. In fact it was so new a the time, I didn't even take it to the Slipper Symposium because I hadn't learned how to use it yet. You can bet I'll be taking more photos.
This past May when I had a nice Paph. Crystelle in bloom (sorry, Eric), I didn't have a camera of my own so I drove nearly 3 hours to Portland to get Theresa to photograph it. I know - it sounds like a lame excuse to visit Theresa, but she probably would have let me in the greenhouse without an excuse.
I went several months without a camera this year and just managed to get a new one about 3 weeks ago. In fact it was so new a the time, I didn't even take it to the Slipper Symposium because I hadn't learned how to use it yet. You can bet I'll be taking more photos.
This past May when I had a nice Paph. Crystelle in bloom (sorry, Eric), I didn't have a camera of my own so I drove nearly 3 hours to Portland to get Theresa to photograph it. I know - it sounds like a lame excuse to visit Theresa, but she probably would have let me in the greenhouse without an excuse.
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etex
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LOL. Scott- Good response!! That must be some amazing potting mix! Aren't you glad I was scanning compot threads on the forum today to see how to better grow my new compots? If any of those babies need a home,you can count on us at slippertalk to help. No sacrifice is too great for a friend. The blooms are very pretty and the compot must be exceptionally healthy.
slippertalker
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Heck, I'm in Seattle and would help you repot....
JeanLux
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:drool::drool: and no camera and no cell-phone !!!!??
you owe us some pics of the next bloom Scott
JeanDoes Crystelle = FCC!?
Um... welp.... err... <kicking sand with toe of shoe> ya see, Diane... well, let me just start by saying that NOT ONE of them has died, OK??!
I am still nervous about removing them from the compots and as a result we had 27 flowers open at once this year. But now I really don't have a choice - I have to get them out of the compot this year and into individual pots.
Scott when you do decide to part with them count me in please. Those are really beautiful flowers. I guess I just like the color combo pink, green and brown. Congrats again and WOW 27 flowers !!!!!
You could have borrowed my old camera!
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berrywoodson
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A belated awesome.
Scott Ware
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No, I sullied the good name of the grex by presenting only an HCC quality flowering. But it was still a beautiful flower and I had great fun sharing it and hearing the comments from the judges at our center.
