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Crownrot Prince
Hi all from the UK. New to the group (but been benefitting from the wealth of info here for a while! 
Really got into orchids as a teenager many years ago but a combination of negligence and wishful thinking led to more failures than successes with a variety of types. Now I'm older, working from home and just had a nice airy extension built on the back of the house (SW aspect) thought it would be the perfect time to give it another go and hopefully be more attentive.
Funny how your tastes change as you get older. I had a few Paphs when younger, but was generally more interested in other things, but now I can't get enough of the multiflorals!
Here's what I've set myself up with for starters :-
Hung Sheng Eagle (gigantifolium x rothschildianum)
Memoria Joan Levy (gigantifolium x stonei)
Lady Isabel (stonei x rothschildianum)
Phillippinense var.roebellini
Chui Hua Dancer (gigantifolium x sanderianum) - on the way!
All are single growth young plants apart from the last two that are NFS. As you can tell, I'm hooked on anything with stonei or gig in the parentage - just love the more primitive look of them.
I'm hoping the new room will prove a good growing space - being attached to the kitchen, so far its natural humidity rarely dips below 50% and is often near 70. I'm using a couple of troughs as humidity trays,raising the pots off the pellets of course with some cut to size plastic grilles. During the sunnier days I'm putting the troughs outside on an old metal shop display shelving unit (see photo) which is handily on wheels, so I can move it easily in and out of the sun as appropriate. Generally at night I'm leaving them outside if predicted dry for the cooler night temps and back inside if rainy.
I was a little worried that the plants might dislike the day to day movement, but after only having them a few weeks they seem to all be showing good root and leaf growth. Only the Lady Is is looking a bit static, but that is the smallest of them.
Looking forward to learning a lot more about successfully keeping these great plants. Perhaps I might even have some of my own flower pics to show in a few years!
Really got into orchids as a teenager many years ago but a combination of negligence and wishful thinking led to more failures than successes with a variety of types. Now I'm older, working from home and just had a nice airy extension built on the back of the house (SW aspect) thought it would be the perfect time to give it another go and hopefully be more attentive.
Funny how your tastes change as you get older. I had a few Paphs when younger, but was generally more interested in other things, but now I can't get enough of the multiflorals!
Here's what I've set myself up with for starters :-
Hung Sheng Eagle (gigantifolium x rothschildianum)
Memoria Joan Levy (gigantifolium x stonei)
Lady Isabel (stonei x rothschildianum)
Phillippinense var.roebellini
Chui Hua Dancer (gigantifolium x sanderianum) - on the way!
All are single growth young plants apart from the last two that are NFS. As you can tell, I'm hooked on anything with stonei or gig in the parentage - just love the more primitive look of them.
I'm hoping the new room will prove a good growing space - being attached to the kitchen, so far its natural humidity rarely dips below 50% and is often near 70. I'm using a couple of troughs as humidity trays,raising the pots off the pellets of course with some cut to size plastic grilles. During the sunnier days I'm putting the troughs outside on an old metal shop display shelving unit (see photo) which is handily on wheels, so I can move it easily in and out of the sun as appropriate. Generally at night I'm leaving them outside if predicted dry for the cooler night temps and back inside if rainy.
I was a little worried that the plants might dislike the day to day movement, but after only having them a few weeks they seem to all be showing good root and leaf growth. Only the Lady Is is looking a bit static, but that is the smallest of them.
Looking forward to learning a lot more about successfully keeping these great plants. Perhaps I might even have some of my own flower pics to show in a few years!
