yesterday I went to the regional IPA (International Phal Alliance) meeting at Parkside Orchids, and I had to invoke great restraint in order to prevent great damage to my checking account! :sob: they always have great plant, and the vendors had very nice plants as well. I ended up buying only another equestris alba, a pleurothallis (maybe stelis now) mystax which they didn't remember they had and a masdevallia caudata. unfortunately I talked with someone who told me that the strange things I've seen with my yellow phal deliciosa may indicate that it was created by extreme mericloning and the genetics are messed up as a result 
... also meaning that it may not breed or make some sterile, messed up seedlings. ...that could also be why the flowers that I tried to pollinate dumped flowers right away.
the color auction actually had a paph rothschildianum 'seedling' that was already larger than most of my adult plants of phals and other things, but it only went for $25. I had a feeling if I had gotten the plant cheaply someone here probably would have taken it off my hands, but then I didn't know the clones used or the entity that made the cross and had offered it for sale.
...I learned a new cultural technique for disease! seems in parts of hawaii, grower vendors have a spray bottle of bactine on every bench, and if there is a plant that has crown rot or other thing like that, they spray bactine disinfectant on it. Also someone pointed out to not place your flowering plants in a kitchen window if you also have ripening or rotting fruit (garbage can) nearby in your kitchen as the released ethylene will cause bud drop
I also bought some cork to put a few of my equestris on (they love it), and a few slit cheap terra cotta pots to mount masdevallias on with woods moss, but the box containing the plants/bark/pots tipped when I got to the top of my stairs last night and the pots broke. Plants didn't look phazed at all, Thank God.... after ten hours on the road some in rain I was about ready to tip over as well!
I think my slipper collection at this point consists of:
Paph concolor hennisianum from Carolina Orchids
Paph delenatii from Fernwood Manor
Paph micranthum from Marlow Orchids
Paph bellatulum from Marlow Orchids
Paph armeniacum 'Franklin St.' from Rice's Orchids
Paph armeniacum 'Main Street' from Main Street Orchids
Paph spicerianum in three pieces originally from Rice's Orchids
Paph hirsutissimum from Bloomfield Orchids
Mexipedium xerophyticum from Bloomfield Orchids
Phrag longifolium from Rice's Orchids
Phrag Sedenii 'Blush' from Rice's Orchids
Phrag schlimii in three pieces from Bloomfield Orchids
Phrag Ecua-Bess (Bloomfield) from raffle table
Phrag 'mystery' (Ellenberger's Orchid Eden) raffle plant (they lost tag long ago)
Phrag besseae from Ken Decker (can't remember clone, has AM from RHS and I've posted pictures earlier...)
Phrag besseae flavum from Orchidview recent trade with NYEric
Phrag bought as d'allesandroi from Dennis D'allesandro
almost forgot two hybrid kovachii x's from trade with NYEric; plants look good!
that might be it
I really need to keep up on my proper watering on my phrags, and get rid of those stupid mealybugs. They have probably killed more paphs than my other species etc
forgot to add a Phrag sargentianum 'Candor' x besseae 'Candor Fireball' small seedling that I won at an auction last year
... also meaning that it may not breed or make some sterile, messed up seedlings. ...that could also be why the flowers that I tried to pollinate dumped flowers right away.the color auction actually had a paph rothschildianum 'seedling' that was already larger than most of my adult plants of phals and other things, but it only went for $25. I had a feeling if I had gotten the plant cheaply someone here probably would have taken it off my hands, but then I didn't know the clones used or the entity that made the cross and had offered it for sale.
...I learned a new cultural technique for disease! seems in parts of hawaii, grower vendors have a spray bottle of bactine on every bench, and if there is a plant that has crown rot or other thing like that, they spray bactine disinfectant on it. Also someone pointed out to not place your flowering plants in a kitchen window if you also have ripening or rotting fruit (garbage can) nearby in your kitchen as the released ethylene will cause bud drop
I also bought some cork to put a few of my equestris on (they love it), and a few slit cheap terra cotta pots to mount masdevallias on with woods moss, but the box containing the plants/bark/pots tipped when I got to the top of my stairs last night and the pots broke.
Plants didn't look phazed at all, Thank God.... after ten hours on the road some in rain I was about ready to tip over as well! I think my slipper collection at this point consists of:
Paph concolor hennisianum from Carolina Orchids
Paph delenatii from Fernwood Manor
Paph micranthum from Marlow Orchids
Paph bellatulum from Marlow Orchids
Paph armeniacum 'Franklin St.' from Rice's Orchids
Paph armeniacum 'Main Street' from Main Street Orchids
Paph spicerianum in three pieces originally from Rice's Orchids
Paph hirsutissimum from Bloomfield Orchids
Mexipedium xerophyticum from Bloomfield Orchids
Phrag longifolium from Rice's Orchids
Phrag Sedenii 'Blush' from Rice's Orchids
Phrag schlimii in three pieces from Bloomfield Orchids
Phrag Ecua-Bess (Bloomfield) from raffle table
Phrag 'mystery' (Ellenberger's Orchid Eden) raffle plant (they lost tag long ago)
Phrag besseae from Ken Decker (can't remember clone, has AM from RHS and I've posted pictures earlier...)
Phrag besseae flavum from Orchidview recent trade with NYEric
Phrag bought as d'allesandroi from Dennis D'allesandro
almost forgot two hybrid kovachii x's from trade with NYEric; plants look good!
that might be it
I really need to keep up on my proper watering on my phrags, and get rid of those stupid mealybugs. They have probably killed more paphs than my other species etc
forgot to add a Phrag sargentianum 'Candor' x besseae 'Candor Fireball' small seedling that I won at an auction last year
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