Paph. stonei (grown by Frank Smith)

[eOrchids]

Hey all,
I found this photo on FB taken by Norman Fang (of Norman's Orchids) of Frank Smith holding a HUGE specimen size of Paph. stonei and had to share with you guys.

 

[troy]

Lol.. thats friken awesome!!! Frank smith definetely knows what he is doing

 

[SlipperKing]

Yep, Frank has got it going on for sure.

 

[iwillard]

Whoaaa! That is awesome..:clap:

 

[Wendy]

Frank is a great grower....he's holding proof of that. :drool: Thanks for sharing the photo.

 

[Marco]

Holy. That is awesome. Especially for a stonei. They are not the one of the easier species.

How do you repot something like that?

 

[Ozpaph]

seriously well grown

 

[Justin]

wowwwwwwwww!

 

[Cat]

Dear god. That thing is Epic!

 

[emydura]

Just amazing.

 

[AdamD]

What do you even say to that? I don't know if it motivates me or if it crushes my spirit... A little of both. But more so the motivating part. The competitive part of me says he wins, for now. Give me 20 years. Ok, 30.

 

[SlipperFan]

Well said, Adam!

With this size plant, it must be one of the early stoneis, so all the more impressive!

 

[Migrant13]

Insane! Grower/hybridizer and plant are top of their class.

 

[rbedard]

Amazing; thanks for sharing.

 

[cattmad]

That's impressive, would love to see that in person

 

[Justin]

totally agree w adam! it is just not fair!!!

 

[Paul]

that IS HUGE !!!!!!! wow!!!

 

[Paphman910]

That is huge!

I am not looking forward to the next few years! My stonei is going to be huge like that! OMG!

 

[eggshells]

Fantastic. Need a greenhouse of its own. Huge!

 

[Justin]

That is huge!

I am not looking forward to the next few years! My stonei is going to be huge like that! OMG!

if you can do that indoors than we can too!!! look out Fred us cold-climate indoor growers are coming for ya!!