First Bloom Paph. rothschildianum

[e-spice]

Wow - this is the first decent roth that has bloomed for me. I can definitely see why this species is so well liked and widely grown. It was quite an experience seeing the buds opening slightly and those big petals unfurling. Every orchid grower should try growing at least one roth!

This one came to me as a small but vigorous seedling from Sunset Valley Orchids in the summer of 2007. It's growing S/H in only a 3-inch pot. This is the first blooming and it has four open now. The largest flower is 27.3-cm NS. It has a very strong spike that didn't require staking. The cross is 'Raja Kumis' Fcc/Aos x 'Dee Dee's Queen' Am/Aos. 'Raja Kumis' is from 'Rex' x 'Mont Millias' and 'Dee Dee's Queen' is from 'Mt. Millias' x 'Nan Chou'.

e-spice

 

[ehanes7612]

very nice

 

[JeanLux]

Wow, must be very thrilling to watch these beauties show up!!!! Jean

 

[rdlsreno]

Very nice!!!!!:clap:

Ramon

 

[McPaph]

Congrats! It looks like a really nice one. Im going to have to look for this cross.

 

[Bolero]

Awesome, very impressed with that as first blooming!

Amazing stuff.

 

[biothanasis]

Wonderful!!

 

[Brian Monk]

Nice!

 

[Mathias]

Wonderful!

 

[Pete]

very nice

 

[Shiva]

Excellent first blooming. Congrats!

 

[SlipperKing]

Very impressive and in S/H! I'm surprised it doesn't fall over in such a small pot!

 

[Wendy]

Awesome first blooming. :clap:

 

[Justin]

that's an achievement to flower it in a 3" pot---also VERY nice clone. congrats.

 

[paphioboy]

Very nice... Any idea who originally gave the clonal name 'Raja Kumis'? It means moustache king in Malay/Indonesian..

 

[goldenrose]

:drool::drool:GORGEOUS!!! :clap::clap: Well done!
I'm still trying, one of these days.......
months .........
I hope not years !

 

[carrilloenglish]

Wow, quality blooms of quality color. Definitely a keeper in any discriminating collection.

 

[etex]

:drool:Gorgeous blooms!! Great growing:clap::clap:

 

[Fabrice]

Yes, nice cross! The pouch has a red nice color!

 

[Heather]

Nice cross and nice job growing it! Gorgeous!