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daniella3d
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Hi everyone,
I have been growing phal for a long time now and fell in love with the paph and phrag plants. I started with paphs a few months ago with 2 Philippinense and one sandy and since things were doing good I bought a few more paphs from a local nursery.
I wanted a phrag a lot so I just ordered a few and received them yesterday...so excited! but now I will have a few questions I guess!
Here is my collection so far, and probably that's going to be it because I don't have that much room! lol!
First, 2 philippinense in the back. They were sold to me as flowering size but then Philippinense must be smaller than I thought because those have 8" leave for the longest. They did not have much roots when I got them (bare roots) and I repoted them in bark, perlite and CHC and they have grow a lot of new roots in just a month and half. The sanderianum in front is still tiny, and did not have much roots when I got it (also bare roots). It grow very slowly, just 1/4" to 1/2" since I got it 2 months ago:
These I bought 2 weeks ago, I love the pattern in the leaves.
back row from left to right:
Paph. Maudiae 'Green' x Paph. Maudiae 'Red'
Paph. Hsinying x Paph. Hsinying Majakun
front row from left to right:
rothschildianum x micranthum
Hsinying x Paph. Hsinying Majakun with 2 flowers
And my latest, 2 phrags and 1 paph that I bought from Paramount Orchids in British Columbia. They were sent in pots and well packed, they arrived yesterday:
Back row, left to right:
Phragmipedium Ashley Wilkes
Phragmipedium Betheva
and a Paphiopedilum Michael Koopowitz
They are lots of white stains on the leaves, should I clean that up? I guess they were watered with hard water. I will change all that as I use RO water.
That's it for now, I hope I can keep them healthy, don't even care if they flower or not (well not so much) I just want them healthy and happy!
I have been growing phal for a long time now and fell in love with the paph and phrag plants. I started with paphs a few months ago with 2 Philippinense and one sandy and since things were doing good I bought a few more paphs from a local nursery.
I wanted a phrag a lot so I just ordered a few and received them yesterday...so excited! but now I will have a few questions I guess!
Here is my collection so far, and probably that's going to be it because I don't have that much room! lol!
First, 2 philippinense in the back. They were sold to me as flowering size but then Philippinense must be smaller than I thought because those have 8" leave for the longest. They did not have much roots when I got them (bare roots) and I repoted them in bark, perlite and CHC and they have grow a lot of new roots in just a month and half. The sanderianum in front is still tiny, and did not have much roots when I got it (also bare roots). It grow very slowly, just 1/4" to 1/2" since I got it 2 months ago:
These I bought 2 weeks ago, I love the pattern in the leaves.
back row from left to right:
Paph. Maudiae 'Green' x Paph. Maudiae 'Red'
Paph. Hsinying x Paph. Hsinying Majakun
front row from left to right:
rothschildianum x micranthum
Hsinying x Paph. Hsinying Majakun with 2 flowers
And my latest, 2 phrags and 1 paph that I bought from Paramount Orchids in British Columbia. They were sent in pots and well packed, they arrived yesterday:
Back row, left to right:
Phragmipedium Ashley Wilkes
Phragmipedium Betheva
and a Paphiopedilum Michael Koopowitz
They are lots of white stains on the leaves, should I clean that up? I guess they were watered with hard water. I will change all that as I use RO water.
That's it for now, I hope I can keep them healthy, don't even care if they flower or not (well not so much) I just want them healthy and happy!
