kolopakingii

[Trithor]

First of my regular kolopakingii, not a line bred clone. This one was an old import from Indonesia in the early 80's. When I stopped growing due to work pressure it was moved to a friend who did his best to look after the core of my original collection (mixed success). First flowering after it has moved back into my care. There are another 3 of the originals in low bud.

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[eggshells]

Very nice. How big are the leaves. Have you smell it? They say flowers smell like cat pee.

 

[AdamD]

Cat pee is a compliment. They smell horrible. But wow, I'm jealous! Very nice blooming. And more on the way? Not fair man... This is my favorite species. How large is the growth?

 

[Rick]

Awesome Gary!

Need to breed this one:wink:

 

[Leo_5313]

Well done! This species has been in my "to get" list forever.

 

[emydura]

Nice one Gary. That's a valuable plant. What numbers of flowers did you get previously?

 

[Wendy]

That is beautiful. I miss my kolo. (even though) It smelled like ripe cat pee. :crazy:

 

[SlipperFan]

Very nice, regardless of it's "fragrance."

 

[mrhappyrotter]

I like kolopakingii. Early on when I first started down my slipper journey, this was one of the species I wanted after seeing its photo in one of the slipper books. It's probably best I that I saw a mature sized plant before I ever bought one, since I never have had the room for something that big. I know the size is pretty variable, but darn, I've seen some monsters.

Anway, I love your plant's flowers. The very much look like the one I saw in photos all those years ago that made me fall in love with the species.

I recently saw some var. topperi in bloom. I daringly gave them a whiff, but they were only very faintly scented. It was along the lines of a musty, moldy kind of scent.

 

[John M]

That is swe-eeeeeeet!

 

[Justin]

nice!

 

[Ozpaph]

great plant

 

[tim]

Of those of you who've bloomed these, has anyone seen flower counts similar to 'Riopelle' - 9 or more flowers per inflorescence? Seems like most of them have 5-7, and very rarely more...I'm curious to know just how often you find a clone with a great count. In any case a beautiful flower!

 

[AdamD]

I had a topperi bloom with 7 and a true kolo with 8. Both have since bitten the dust. The kolo I can't take credit for, bought it in bud. The topperi actually smelled like a mixture of mold and honey... This is back on the want list. True kolos are hard to come by anymore.

 

[Trithor]

This plant is only just starting to recover. It currently has a leafspan of 90cm, but in its early years was over 1.3m (they all were, and I have no notes as to which original plant was what size) It used to carry 7 flowers (I only kept the 4 plants with high flower counts) No I have not tried to smell the blooms, and will avoid the temptation for as long as possible. I am going to try and restrain myself from collecting the pollen as I don't want to cause the blooms to fade early. I am hoping to post a group photo with its brothers.
Thanks all for the comments

 

[NYEric]

Good job. Thanks for posting.

 

[JeanLux]

Good work Gary!!!! Jean

 

[SlipperKing]

This guy is nicely colored. The one I bloomed, not much so.

 

[nathalie]

Very nice, I'm waiting for my flowers...

 

[Trithor]

Against my better judgement, I did give it a big sniff. Not an experience I would care to repeat! I don't know what cat pee smells like, but if it smells like this plant, I understand why I don't have any cats. Now I am not so sure I want any kolo's either.
So I harvested the pollen, and cut the spike (Just for juvenile revenge, I am sure)