Mormodia Leopard Drops

This is an awarded division I got from Brent Baker last year sometime, 'Priscilla's Pink Panther' AM/AOS. It bloomed with 56 flowers on 3 spikes, not bad for a first bloom division! In other news, it's also pregnant! I've got myself a plan. Pretty solid

1. Keep alive long enough to make some seed
2. Harvest seed
3. ?
4. Babies in flask!

Ok here it is





Yes, I devised the leaning tower of plastic pots all on my own. Thanks for looking

That's awesome, congrats on the bloom count. Imagine the show in another year or two!

Wonderful!

nice blooming.

AdamD said:

Yes, I devised the leaning tower of plastic pots all on my own. Thanks for looking

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Living dangerously!

That's great. Is it fragrant?
I have like 5 catesetanae now and haven't figured if I should let them dry out or what. Good Luck. BTW, who's Brent Baker?

NYEric said:

That's great. Is it fragrant?
I have like 5 catesetanae now and haven't figured if I should let them dry out or what. Good Luck. BTW, who's Brent Baker?

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It fills the house with a beautiful aromatic blend of peppermint, eucalyptus, and a hint of sweet citrus. I let mine dry out fairly well during dormancy, spraying the media every once in a while and keeping nighttime humidity high, around 80%. Brent is a grower from Cali who is doing some great work with catasetinae, stanhopeas, bulbos and species paphs. he and his father have a flasking lab, some pretty good stuff coming out of it. www.rogueorchids.com EBay- 714disanuts. His flickr page is worth visiting as well. I've seen some of the biggest fredclarkearas ever come out of his greenhouse.

Thanks. This forum is dangerous!!

That is so cool! Good luck with your plan -- you'll have plenty of takers here.

SlipperFan said:

That is so cool! Good luck with your plan -- you'll have plenty of takers here.

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Thanks Dot. The results are in. Out of the three crosses I tried (including a selfing), only one took. This one.

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33616&page=2

I tried 3 pods of each cross, all others aborted but all 3 of this one are growing strong. I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I know this type of intergenic breeding is difficult. But for now I'm cautiously optimistic. I treated it with Innocucor from Ray. I've found someone to flask it, if it comes to fruition. Hoping and praying for the best!

Fingers crossed!

Pretty and beautifully bloomed!