yet another micranthum var. eburneum

[Bjorn]

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[John M]

Wow, that is a unique colour! Nice shape too.

 

[Stone]

Wow I totally love that! I hope my little one turns out that nice! Tell us how you manage (grow) it Bjorn.

 

[Bjorn]

Never had big problems with these, but: Compost contains bark, sand and plenty of limestone and or dolomite plus some moss (not sphag). Temperature : winter 6-7 C at night and 20+ at day. Summer some 17-18 at night 28 at day. Spring and fall night some 12-14 day 25C. Humidity is high, mostly >80%.
Try to mimic North Vietnam/S. China conditions.
Bjorn

 

[SelectOrchids]

a real beauty. That is the Vietnamese eburneum type.

 

[Spaph]

Very nice eburneum! My favourite form of micranthum

 

[NYEric]

Very nice. I never get tired of these.

 

[valenzino]

Veeery nice one!!!

 

[luvsorchids]

:drool::clap::drool::clap: I really like this one :smitten:.

Susan

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

Susan I like it as well.

 

[SlipperFan]

All the above! I really love this form.

 

[SlipperKing]

Really nice. What about your others? If I remembering right you had one clone with totally never before seen color scheme, right?

 

[chrismende]

Amazing! Such subtle red markings it's almost an albinistic one!

 

[Bjorn]

Really nice. What about your others? If I remembering right you had one clone with totally never before seen color scheme, right?

Good memory Rick Well last year was a good year for that mixed collection, this year its only one spike coming. What concerns the "special" one, it was selfed, which eventually almost killed the poor thing. But it is still alive and the prospects are not too bad. Regarding the seeds; well it produced abundant amounts of seemingly viable seeds that were sent to propagation. It is still a bit early so time will tell how it develops With my growing conditions, it seems as the plants need two years to mature growths, so flowering becomes kind of bi-annual thing

 

[Bjorn]

Amazing! Such subtle red markings it's almost an albinistic one!

The markings are actually on the back-side, on the front-side there is only some pink dots. Actually quite similar to the one Rick mention from last year. The provenance o the plants must be different and their growth habit is different though. The one from last year had been in my posession since 1994 and I believe it was one of the imports coming in before the uplisting to Cites-I. Could it be coming from S. China?

 

[W. Beetus]

Nice, light color!

 

[SlipperKing]

Good memory Rick Well last year was a good year for that mixed collection, this year its only one spike coming. What concerns the "special" one, it was selfed, which eventually almost killed the poor thing. But it is still alive and the prospects are not too bad. Regarding the seeds; well it produced abundant amounts of seemingly viable seeds that were sent to propagation. It is still a bit early so time will tell how it develops With my growing conditions, it seems as the plants need two years to mature growths, so flowering becomes kind of bi-annual thing

I'll take two of the flasks right off the top!!!!!!! PS. I hope your memory is as good too!