First bloom for me. Looks good except for the "Kirk Douglas" chin.
Paph primulinum fma. purpurescens
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nikv
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Beautiful!
Rick
Well-Known Member
Moving right along. How long have you been growing this one Ross, and what was the source?
I still have a handful of seedlings from our cross, and a couple are starting to put on some good growth.
I still have a handful of seedlings from our cross, and a couple are starting to put on some good growth.
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goldenrose
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These have a charm in person, another cutie! What size is the pot Ross? I was surprised how small mine was when it bloomed.
John M
Orchid Addict
"Looks good except for the "Kirk Douglas" chin."
Well, at least you won't have to search for a clonal name!
Nice flower and an incredibly long stem.
Well, at least you won't have to search for a clonal name!
Nice flower and an incredibly long stem.
Yoyo_Jo
Catt's Meow
Congrats - it's lovely.
I got this one from Andy's. My other smaller growing fma. purpurescens died. I've had it for about a year.
SlipperFan
Addicted
... and it will bloom, and bloom, and bloom...
Pot size is 4 inches.
that's how I killed my last one.
SlipperFan
Addicted
Huh? Do you mean that at some point, one should stop the blooming? Is that what killed mine, also?
NYEric
Well-Known Member
Nice, I'm looking for the purple form of Paph DePerle myself.
Has anyone done this cross using primulinum fma. purpurescens?
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
Nice Ross. Are you going to cut the spike now?
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Rick
Well-Known Member
I also got mine from Andy's in 02, and it started blooming in 03. Until late this summer its always had at least one growth in spike, and some of the spikes ran for over a year. Early in 08 it had 3 spikes going concurrently. I bred it in two successive years too. It has about a 1/2 dozen new growths coming up now, and I'm glad it finally seems to be taking a break.
Often you feel compelled to put off repotting a plant in bloom, but as productive as this species is, its important to repot regularly, and top dress with oyster shell or bone meal in between. I probably added in oyster shell about 2X per year, and in this last year I've dusted with bone meal every 2 or 3 months.
JeanLux
Well-Known Member
great flower, and strong plant!!! Jean
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Damas
Guest
I like it !
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goldenrose
Guest
Mine produced 3 flowers & is smaller than Ross's, so far it looks just fine. I hadn't considered it Dot, until you mentioned losing the haynald. album.I snipped the bloom on my little fairrie cause it's so small. (We have the picture to look at & enjoy til next blooming!)
