I can't wait any more!

[Rick]

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6816&highlight=Pete's+Pride
The pollen parent in 2008
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6910&highlight=wilhelminae
The mother plant in 2008

= This first bloom seedling 2013!!




The recovering mother plant is in the basket to the right of junior.

 

[abax]

My my, hanky panky goin' on in the greenhouse...and fast too. I love the
bold stripes on the dorsal and those red, twisty petals. Congratulations dad! The synsepal is splendid as well.

 

[Ozpaph]

well done and a nice outcome.

 

[Trithor]

Beautiful crisp clean markings, and great colour. Great result, congratulations!

 

[JeanLux]

Excellent work Rick, bravo :clap: !!!!

btw. anybody has news of Peter - Greenpaph ? Jean

 

[SlipperKing]

Excellent results Rick. The little squirit you gave me is growing like a weed but no where close to this size.

Jean, I contacted Peter a year, maybe 18 months ago. He has or was having family medical issues and thought he would get back to the forum. I guess it hasn't worked out but I do see where he posted back in March of this year.

 

[atlantis]

Beautiful!! outstanding dorsal!! :clap::clap:

 

[Justin]

Congrats Rick! If you still have some extras put my name on one for the spring

 

[mchristie]

Awesome Job! Seems to be liking the basket culture quite a bit! Is the media in the basket what you described in earlier posts: Limestone gravel and sphagnum?

 

[Rick]

Awesome Job! Seems to be liking the basket culture quite a bit! Is the media in the basket what you described in earlier posts: Limestone gravel and sphagnum?

Yup.

These came out of flask in September 2009. I lost about 1/2 of them prior to low K in May 2011. A couple of the biggest went into basket somewhere between Dec/2010 to Spring 2011. Even the ones in pots really shaped up after low K, but they are still way behind the two that went into the baskets.

 

[eaborne]

That's exciting!

 

[eggshells]

Nice wilhelminae. Well done.

 

[Spaph]

Really nice outcome!! Great growing.

 

[GuRu]

Rick, that's a nice one - but what impresses me the most is how fast it grew to a flowering size plant. Not sure who's share to this excellent result is higher - that of the plant or of the grower.

 

[SlipperFan]

3 growths already???

 

[Rick]

3 growths already???

Yes this thing is fast. The other plant in basket is relatively compact in comparison and just started a couple more growths. It's just slightly bigger than the max size the mother plant ever attained.

 

[JeanLux]

...
Jean, I contacted Peter a year, maybe 18 months ago. He has or was having family medical issues and thought he would get back to the forum. I guess it hasn't worked out but I do see where he posted back in March of this year.

Thanks Rick!!! I hope he is ok !! Jean

 

[Denverpaphman]

Veryyyyy nice!

 

[Rick]

Got an AM!!

Here it is both flowers open. Took it to the center and got and 81 pt AM!

Also this is my first multifloral that I raised from pollination to blooming.

 

[Leo_5313]

Congratulations! Well done, very impressive!