Paph. philippinense var. laevigatum

[Marc]

This plant is showing it's flower allready for some time, but this week the last one opened, allthough the last flower hasn't dveloped fully yet I decided to make pictures of it today as the first flower was allready degrading.

The first flower wasn't the best anyway because it's a lot smaller compared to the other flowers and as soon as it showed that it wasn't as good I moved the plant to another spot with the hope that it would have a possitive impact on the flower quality / size.

This photo shows the best flower, allthough the pattern on the dorsal isn't as nice as I wished it would I apreciate the colours and the form of the sepals.

The other flowers aren't as curled / twisted, I again blaim culture for this:

Here's a close up of the stami

It was a good thing that I made the photo's today, as I put the plant back in it's place in the living room the first flower fell of.

 

[paphioboy]

Nice If its not good enough for you, pass it to me..

 

[W. Beetus]

Very healthy looking plant! Beautiful.

 

[SlipperFan]

Wonderful long petals. If this is the first bloom, it can only get better.

 

[Wendy]

The colour is very nice and I bet it is better on the next blooming. :drool::drool:

 

[JeanLux]

very nice growing Marc, I like it a lot!!! Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Wonderful plant and flowers!!!

 

[Marc]

Nice If its not good enough for you, pass it to me..

I don't think that my parents will apreciate it if I would start handing out a gift they gave me to other orchid enthousiasts.

Wonderful long petals. If this is the first bloom, it can only get better.

I'll meassure them this evening, I was surprised by the length as well.

 

[emydura]

Very nice Marc. The first flower is incredibly different. Both in terms of size and height from the growth. The other flowers are magnificent.

David

 

[NYEric]

looks good. Your parents might not mind if you traded for something you like better!

 

[Marc]

Wonderful long petals. If this is the first bloom, it can only get better.

I meassured them and the longest are 16.5cm's

Very nice Marc. The first flower is incredibly different. Both in terms of size and height from the growth. The other flowers are magnificent.

David

I started out with the plant on the windowsill of a north facing window, and allthough I moved the plant to the southern section of the living room before the flower opened the impact was noticeable. For the rest of the time the plant stayed close to south facing windows without getting any direct light and the flower developed quite nicely.

looks good. Your parents might not mind if you traded for something you like better!

Still not planning on getting rid of it.

 

[Marco]

one of my favs. thanks for the photo. when i start picking up again this is one of the three im getting.....

 

[Justin]

nice long spike on a compact plant--keep it!

 

[McPaph]

Really nice petals. nice tall spike. Looks great.

 

[SlipperKing]

Really a fine example of a philie but how confident are you on the variety laevigatum?

 

[emydura]

Really a fine example of a philie but how confident are on the variety laevigatum?

I was wondering that myself.

David

 

[Marc]

It was labelled that way by the nursery were it came from.

 

[Marc]

Added linky:

http://shop.orchideen-lucke.de/natu...m-p-1645.html?SESS=m2kv3m136rpl8u5q7lpg6q0fq4

 

[emydura]

Added linky:

http://shop.orchideen-lucke.de/natu...m-p-1645.html?SESS=m2kv3m136rpl8u5q7lpg6q0fq4

Yes, that is what I expect a laevigatum to look like. It doesn't look like yours though. Yours looks more like roebellinii. In the end they are all phillipinense.

David

 

[Marc]

Yes, that is what I expect a laevigatum to look like. It doesn't look like yours though. Yours looks more like roebellinii. In the end they are all phillipinense.

David

I'll probably visit the nursery this weekend as they are celebrating their 100 year aniversary this weekend. I'll exchange thoughts with the breeder if he isn't to buisy during the celebrations.