New slippers from the EOC Budapest show

[Ruli]

From Yih Cheng Orchids (Taiwan)
Paph. armeniacum x Paph. rothschildianum


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From Waterorchids (Taiwan)
Paph. Yang-Ji Diamond
(Prince Edward of York x Paph. anitum)


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Paph. In Charm Delophyllum
(Paph. glaucophyllum x Paph. vietnamense)


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Paph. rothschildianum
(He wrote the clonal name, but I didn't ask for the paper, thinking it's on the label. But the label is missing, I'll send him an e-mail about the name...)


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Paph. henryanum


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[Tom499]

Great healthy plants!

 

[Ruli]

And the Phrags

From Orchideen Kopf (Germany)
Phrag. caudatum


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From Ecuagenera (Ecuador)

Phrag.kovachii


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Phrag.hirtzii


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Phrag.Olaf Gruss


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From Peruflora (Peru)
Phrag.kovachii


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Phrag.Andean Tears


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Phrag.Eumelia Arias


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[Dido]

Great buys you made there.
The Kovachii looks great, Peruflora was sold out the 2 times I seen them this year, did not preorder.
Only ordered a kovachii X richterii

 

[JeanLux]

Wow, you did some serious purchases there !!!! Some strong plants, great roth; don't miss to show the flowers when open!!! Jean

 

[Ruli]

Thanks! (To tell the truth, most of them are my daughter's slippers She is 12, and she paid for them - she asked for money instead of present for birthday, etc. And she's crazy about kovachii, so we preordered them to be sure to have them.)

 

[Mocchaccino]

These are very nice purchases. I particularly love the hybrid which involves the cross of anitum.

I saw you using single medium for the Paphs. Is that going to be okay for them in the long run?

 

[Ruli]

I use semi-hydroponic for most of my orchids. (It's Hydroton in their pots.) I have a few paphs. about a year in s/h, I didn't see any problem. I use Akerne's Rain Mix (like MSU) with reserve osmosis water for the last 2 months, and I saw very good results. So, I hope it'll be OK with the new ones, too. (But I'll keep a close eye on them...)

 

[quaker]

Wow!! some lovely plants you bought. Hope all goes well with them and as Jean says don't forget to show us the flowers when they bloom.
Ed

 

[NYEric]

As I said on another thread, excellent purchases. To get a Dollgoldi in bloom is almost unheard of! Tell your daughter she is welcome to join us here on the forum.

 

[Ruli]

Thank you, Eric!
Well, we bought the Dollgoldi with an open flower and a bud, which opened today. Maybe (I hope...) our plant is easier, and we can re-flower it...
As for the roth, of course I'll show the flowers.

 

[Tom499]

I am also experimenting with S/H culture, but I am struggling with paphs, I dontt see so many roots from the plant's base grow out.

Do you have this problem?

 

[Ruli]

I didn't check the roots...as far as the plants grow, I don't do it. I have transparent pots, and I don't see many new roots from the outside...but I have a Cattleya, which I thought had only 2-3 new roots in s/h...but I had to change the pot, because I made the hole too low, so I had to water it every day. And it didn't want to come out from its pot. And when it came out, I saw this:


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[Tom499]

My apologies, I meant that I see less roots when I come to repot my paphs from S/H into fresh S/H.

I will try with a higher reservoir for the next repots.

 

[SlipperKing]

Fantastic plants you bought. How long have you been growing slippers?

 

[Ruli]

Thank you,Rick!
I bought my first slipper about 30 years ago from an orchid show. When we moved from Hungary to Greece it came with me. That one lived about 4 years, never bloomed. ( Now I know what mistakes I did, and I have to say, that it was a plant which wanted very much to live But that time there wasn't Internet, so it was difficult to learn about orchids...)
I tried again with slippers about a year ago, so I'm a beginner with them.
Untill now they grow nicely, but they don't flower...except my delenatii, which now is in bud :clap: (But I think that most of them possibly are not blooming size yet-even the ones the vendors had as blooming size.)

 

[SlipperFan]

Great looking plants.

 

[Ruli]

Thank you, Dot

 

[Shiva]

Great purchases indeed. wonderful plants.

 

[Ruli]

Thank you!