2012 barbigerums!

[SlipperKing]

Another wonderful year of barbs!

 

[Ross]

Here are some overdue pics of my barbigerums this year!! :drool: I just love these - fantastic species, and these are very nice clones! Been open for quite awhile now, so figured I'd better take pics while they're still looking fresh!
I hate to choose favorites, but it's working so hard for it - so here is my favorite first 'Fall Festival' And I know, I know, how could I possibly say an unkind word about it, but it initially had 12 buds, but blasted the last 2 to form...I was going to bring it in for consideration for a cultural award before it did that, but decided to pray and keep being nice to it and see what it does in the future!

I would recommend bringing it in for judging anyway. It is an impressive plant as is!

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Absolutely beautiful! The last flower looks delicious!

 

[e-spice]

Phenomenal. You are certainly a brilliant barbigerum grower. I would love to know some details about your culture and I'm sure everyone else would too.

 

[NYEric]

Wah! :sob: Another species I wasn't interested in before! Great job, you should work for a barbigerum vendor because I just have to get some!!!

 

[fibre]

:clap: you are a fantastic grower!:clap:

 

[reivilos]

You gotta give us a few hints on how you grow them !

 

[Mrs. Paph]

Thanks everyone!!! I do enjoy these little guys, and like sharing pics or in person views with other orchid and especially slipper growers
Ross, I thought about taking it anyway, b/c it's small enough to travel easy and judging or not, I know everyone at the center would enjoy seeing it! The travel just worked out to be really inconvenient this month, so not this time - but it went in to the local society meeting two months in a row
I'm not sure if I have any huge cultural secrets for these, but I know I've talked a bit about my conditions before - try searching my user name and barbigerums, or henryanums, which I also have in the same mix/same shelf & distance from the lights As to the specific ? about ferts, yes, I have been using K lite for awhile now, and used the home made modifications for a little bit before that (and also switched to rain water around that time from distilled), and pure water MSU before that.

 

[ericst11]

Very nice and well grown .

 

[Spaph]

As everyone has been saying, just incredible growing and flowering!

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Do you know how old the plants are or when they were deflasked?

 

[Rick]

That's a bumper crop Mrs. Paph:clap: