smartie2000
Well-Known Member
Paph Vanda M. Pearman will be very much like betatullum. Mine is white and faintly spotted with pink (the parent bellatum was albino) and pouch like a bellatum. Some can be boldly spotted too.
Paph armenicum requires a cool winter to bloom which should not be a huge issue with Canadian winters. It is a parvisepalum which can take more light than brachys. It can also gets many stolonous growths so some growers place them in baskets or wide pots. I am sold that sphag and hanging basket is a good method of culture and I am going to try it myself with the ones I have when I find a basket. I think you said you are close to Vancouver...I wonder if they will grow outside for you, they can handle near freezing.
Armenicum hybrids are also gorgeous and should be easier to bloom. I would love to have a armenicum x concolor.
IMO $25 for a seedling sized concolor is a lot, but only because you can get larger sized at a similar price if you search (maybe locally). However I do trust clouds imports good flasks that are selected for quality flowers and perhaps worth the money and the wait.
Paph armenicum requires a cool winter to bloom which should not be a huge issue with Canadian winters. It is a parvisepalum which can take more light than brachys. It can also gets many stolonous growths so some growers place them in baskets or wide pots. I am sold that sphag and hanging basket is a good method of culture and I am going to try it myself with the ones I have when I find a basket. I think you said you are close to Vancouver...I wonder if they will grow outside for you, they can handle near freezing.
Armenicum hybrids are also gorgeous and should be easier to bloom. I would love to have a armenicum x concolor.
IMO $25 for a seedling sized concolor is a lot, but only because you can get larger sized at a similar price if you search (maybe locally). However I do trust clouds imports good flasks that are selected for quality flowers and perhaps worth the money and the wait.