2 bloomers..

[paphioboy]

Not much blooming at the moment..
Psychopsis Mendenhall - bought 2 of these recently (in spike). The price has reduced drastically. Used to be double the amount I paid for this one.. I guess the Taiwanese are mass-producing these lovely butterflies..

Dendrobium anosmum 'skinny' - a variety that does not lose leaves when it flowers:

And got some new paphs from a trade too..
Paph hookerae:

Paph lowii 'Sarawak':

And some new paph stonei:

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Everything looks great! Love the Dendrob!

 

[goldenrose]

:clap: Mendenhall is terrific! I bought mine in double spike 2 years ago, this summer it's throwing a 3rd!
How many stonei do you have there? :drool:
And yet another variety of lowii?

 

[paphjoint]

Very nice !!

 

[Kavanaru]

:clap: Mendenhall is terrific! I bought mine in double spike 2 years ago, this summer it's throwing a 3rd!

sorry for hijacking.. but do you manage to get them producing spikes? LOL

I have 3 different Psychopsis... papilio alba (bought in spike and continues blooming non stop but only the same and only spike), Mendenhall (bought in spike, the cat broke it at the basis 3 years ago, and since then I have 6 new leave and no spikes), and Kalihi ("rescue plant", doing very good now: 5 new leave, but no spike)... I have placed them in dark, in strong light, cold winter warm winter, and nothing..

 

[SlipperFan]

Great Psychopsis -- it looks like it's strutting it's stuff!

 

[paphioboy]

Thanks everyone..

Rose, I traded off some Thai dend species for the paphs. Got 1 lowii, 3 hookerae (2 smaller, uglier plants not shown) and 3 pots of stonei (technically 6 separate plants of stonei).. Some have 2/3 growths, some just single growth.. I got the lowii cos its the Sarawak form, which supposedly has broader leaves and better coloured flowers.. Hope it blooms well in the lowlands.

 

[goldenrose]

sorry for hijacking.. but do you manage to get them producing spikes? LOL

I have 3 different Psychopsis... papilio alba (bought in spike and continues blooming non stop but only the same and only spike), Mendenhall (bought in spike, the cat broke it at the basis 3 years ago, and since then I have 6 new leave and no spikes), and Kalihi ("rescue plant", doing very good now: 5 new leave, but no spike)... I have placed them in dark, in strong light, cold winter warm winter, and nothing..

I have mine in moderately bright light, winter temps - min. day 70, night low 55, summer - whatever mother nature gives me! I have several papilio albas, one prefers a shady area compared to the other 2. I fertilize regularly rotating, MSU, epsom salts, Jack's & had OL's Jungle Green.

 

[Kavanaru]

I have mine in moderately bright light, winter temps - min. day 70, night low 55, summer - whatever mother nature gives me! I have several papilio albas, one prefers a shady area compared to the other 2. I fertilize regularly rotating, MSU, epsom salts, Jack's & had OL's Jungle Green.

hhmm.. I think I will start singing lullabies every night (maybe this help )

 

[swamprad]

Wow!!!

 

[JeanLux]

great plants/ blooms, nice pics!!! Jean

 

[paphioboy]

Updated pics of smilliae:

Close-up:

And another bloomer for the first time, bulbo auratum..

 

[Rick]

You got some great stuff going Paphioboy.:clap::clap:

Looks like you'll be up to your eyeballs in stonei before long.:wink:

Have you seen the hookerae in bloom? The foliage looks greener to me than what I'm used to seeing for this species.

 

[paphioboy]

Thanks, Rick.. The person I bought the hookerae from did post a pic of the bloom in another forum.. Definitely hookerae..

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Wow, that Bulbo is fantastic too!

 

[biothanasis]

Great!!! the dendro inflorescence looks like caterpillars...lol I love the bulbo!!!!