Paph philippinense 'Jona'

[polyantha]

I bought this plant five or six years ago. It was almost dead and heavily neglected. It recovered and bloomed with three flowers two years ago, now with four flowers. The plant itself is pretty big for philippinense: The leaves are 40cm (15.8in) long.

Interesting to see how different the petal angle is compared to the last blooming:

 

[Spaph]

What a beauty! Great dorsal and petals, interesting difference in petal stance!

 

[SlipperKing]

Highly desirable clone! Great twisting and I would even go so far as to say you had tighter twists on the first blooming. What are your thoughts? I have a clone that had different amounts of twist from bloom to bloom.

 

[OrchidIsa]

:drool::drool::drool:

Can't say more!! :smitten:

 

[eggshells]

Agreed, nice clone. Congrats.

 

[Ozpaph]

Dang, that's good and very healthy, too.

 

[emydura]

WOW. That is a great clone. Above average for sure. Love the twisting petals. The plant looks to have recovered well.

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful. Color is excellent.

 

[Trithor]

You certainly are growing it very well. Interesting to see the two bloomings displayed together. What do you think has caused the petal stance change, have you changed the cultural conditions?
Lots of red in this clone, very desirable!

 

[Alec]

Very nice. Well done!
Wish I had one of those!

 

[polyantha]

Highly desirable clone! Great twisting and I would even go so far as to say you had tighter twists on the first blooming. What are your thoughts? I have a clone that had different amounts of twist from bloom to bloom.

Thank you! Yes you are right, the petals were more twisted last time. But I know now that the plant has the potential to get even better flowers next time with more twists and multiple spikes when I grow it in a clump.

 

[polyantha]

You certainly are growing it very well. Interesting to see the two bloomings displayed together. What do you think has caused the petal stance change, have you changed the cultural conditions?
Lots of red in this clone, very desirable!

Thx! I changed some things since then: More light, higher temperature and a little bit less fertilizer. But I don´t know which one of those factors influenced the blooming. If I remember right I made the pictures one week before withering the last time. So perhaps the petals will twist some more. But I will cut them today to pollinate with my other phili. Perhaps I will make a selfing because my other plant is not as good as this clone. What do you think?

 

[Ghosthunt64]

Magnificent plant! I'm glad it made the recovery. Also, I kind of like the more droopy petal stance; like it's not trying too hard to impress me.

 

[Justin]

Great growing!

 

[goldenrose]

wow Wow wow!!!

 

[Migrant13]

Superb. Very attractive colors.

 

[Ozpaph]

self it if you want more. Maybe someone here has pollen from another good clone to share?

 

[kellyincville]

Wow! That's beautiful!

 

[Stone]

A superb plant in every way!!

 

[Trithor]

Plant is way big enough to carry two pods without any stress, so an outcrosses and selfing are a good way to go.