Paphiopedilum armeniacum and X micranthum

[Berthold]

This is my wonderful baby. Its so cute :wink:

Span is 1 inch by now.

 

[NYEric]

Cute, the survivor! Good luck.

 

[Happypaphy7]

How do you keep the moss alive so nicely like that?
It looks comfy in the green blanket. lol

 

[JeanLux]

:clap: bravo !!!! Jean

 

[Berthold]

How do you keep the moss alive so nicely like that?
It looks comfy in the green blanket. lol

Moss is growing on pine bark in very humid air condition

 

[Berthold]

Father and mother of the little bastard

 

[Berthold]

The little guy is reaching 2 inches now, 3.5 years after deflasking

 

[My Green Pets]

My favorite slippertalk thread in a long time!

 

[consettbay2003]

At this stage are you fertilizing the little guy and if so with what and at what strength?

 

[Berthold]

After potting into pine bark the bastard is in progress, only 5 more years to blooming.

 

[Guldal]

Thank you for a most interesting and enlightening thread!

Looking foreward to follow the li'l one's further progress in life!

Kind regards,
Jens

 

[xiphius]

Wow... long haul! But it is looking quite nice! Congrats!

 

[Berthold]

5 years after the bottle the plant reached a span of 12 cm (for non metrics: 0.000074564 mil)

 

[xiphius]

5 years after the bottle the plant reached a span of 12 cm (for non metrics: 0.000074564 mil)

Lol! Well on it's way to 0.0001 miles then. It'll be in bloom before you know it. ;P

 

[BrucherT]

5 years after the bottle the plant reached a span of 12 cm (for non metrics: 0.000074564 mil)

Why such a big pot for such a little plant?

 

[Berthold]

Why such a big pot for such a little plant?

I am not sure to find time for repotting again in 6 month

and

In a larger pot it is easier to keep the moisture of the substrate constant.
It is a clay pot in which water evaporates through the wall.

In nature, the plants have a much larger pot.

 

[Stone]

I bought two plants of micranthum. When they flowered years later, they turned out to be two bastards like this.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

A seven year old 'bastard' story! Love the updates and seeing the progression from pod to NBS.

Now we can understand why sometimes it costs a bit for the blooming size plants as it take this long to get here. Then to select ones with good flowers will wean others out even more.

Here's to your 'bastard' Fumi's Delight adventure!

 

[Guldal]

So nice to see the progress of 'the li'll one'! Hope he is behaving better than your average, unruly teenager?!

In nature, the plants have a much larger pot.

Cogent observation!

 

[Berthold]

Cogent observation!

Sorry, I wanted to say it is not a Laelia rupicola living in little rock holes in Brazil.