Paph. hirsutissimum var. esquirolei 'Anja'

[Guldal]

A division from Hilmar Bauchs (Asendorfer) awarded clone, 'Anja' (SM/GM, DOG) - blooming first time in my possession:







The biggest of the two flowers is the one behind: NS 16,5 cm (the other one: NS 15,5 cm) - and, actually, the two flowers really are symmetrical, but I had to slant the camera a bit because of the light, which, I just realized, gives the dorsal sepals a little strange look (I think you can see what I mean, if you take a look at the front flower in the first pic....hmmm, at some point I might learn to get it right!)

Kind regards,
Jens

 

[troy]

In my top 3 favourite species, congrats on the blooming!!!!

 

[labskaus]

A spectacular flower, I've seen the mother plant on numerous occassions. Congrats on blooming it so well!

 

[naoki]

Very nice!

 

[Ozpaph]

very nice.
perhaps use the window light to illuminate the flower front on, then re-photograph.

 

[Don I]

Nice.
Don

 

[JeanLux]

Great flowering, bravo!!!! Jean

 

[Brabantia]

Beautiful flowering !
Could you please share your culture methods ?


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[Dandrobium]

Great growing! The staminode looks quite happy

 

[Paphluvr]

very nice.
perhaps use the window light to illuminate the flower front on, then re-photograph.

I agree, I'd love to see a photo of it without the backlighting.

 

[GuRu]

That's a great clone, these flowers are huge but have a good shape and stance and are intense colourated too.

 

[Guldal]

Thank you for your comments!

Here are a few more pics in a different light (ok - I have to admit: no budding photographic genius lost in me! )

 

[Guldal]

Could you please share your culture methods

I grow my Paphs in Greenmix (as a window sill grower it seems to help me keep the humidity up - albeit I'm still a bit handicapped in this respect, when compared to the lucky owners of a greenhouse):

"GreenMix for Orchids is a mixture of water-repellent and water-absorbent granulate with added perlite and lignite. The granulate is made from stonewool, the basic element of which is diabase rock. GreenMix for orchids is produced by Grodania A/S"

(In my local orchid society there is quite a religious war going on about growth medias...but I guess, it's the same every where - as a friend of mine would put it: "Ask 10 orchid growers about culture and growth media...and you'll get 14 different answers!")

This actual plant is grown in an east-south-east facing window...at room temperature, i.e. mainly around 18-23 degrees celsius.

I use 3/4 spring water + 1/4 tap water (NB. tap water in Denmark is quite clean and you drink water directly from the tap). I fertilise once a month, except nov-jan (quite dark months up here north), with Pokon 20-20-20 (NPK 20-20-20 + Molybdenum (MO) 0,0005% Bor (B) 0,0200%, Kobber (CU) 0,0500%, Jern (FE) 0,1000%, Mangan (MN) 0,0500%, Zink (ZN) 0,0500%)

I think, that's about it!

Kind regards,
Jens