Roth time!

[tnyr5]

Best time of the year, hah.
This is the Hilo roth from 2021 in this post:

Slightly less bittersweet roth

I decided to order a select plant from Hilo, to erase the previous debacle from my memory. Plant arrived in beautiful condition, but sadly, the flowers broke off in shipping. No big deal, really, but I'd have liked to have seen that bottom flower in person: I did manage to rehydrate the...

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Unfortunately, although it showed up looking good, within 4-5 days it started dying of Erwinia just like the other one I purchased; the entire growth was gone within a month, save for a single leaf and the new start. How I managed to both save it and rebloom it with 1 more flower than last time in 1.5 years is beyond me. Just a tiny 30in wide fan, so I'm not expecting huge flowers on this bloom.

 

[Ozpaph]

Good save. Lop off all but one bud to see what it can do then cut early IMHO

 

[Happypaphy7]

It has bounced back nicely. It is in bloom again so soon and there's a little new start I see.
It's a survivor if anything!

 

[Ray]

After 50 years of growing, I’ve always avoided roths. . Now I find (through a collection acquisition) that I have 4 - one of which appears to be in bud.

 

[Ozpaph]

Ray's coming to the dark side................LOL

 

[Ray]

Unfortunately, the "dark side" included mealies, which I have not seen in a decade...

 

[Ozpaph]

ive never had mealies in paphs. yes, in catts. I wonder why???

 

[tnyr5]

I've had plants show up with mealies, but it's never taken me more than a week to kill them off in quarantine.

 

[Ray]

The recent acquisition included some phals, which may have been the source. Treatment is underway.

 

[Tony]

ive never had mealies in paphs. yes, in catts. I wonder why???

Same, they occasionally show up on my Hoya and Oncidiinae, as do scale, but never on Paphs.

 

[Guldal]

Ray's coming to the dark side................LOL

Mu-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaa!

 

[BrucherT]

Best time of the year, hah.
This is the Hilo roth from 2021 in this post:

Slightly less bittersweet roth

I decided to order a select plant from Hilo, to erase the previous debacle from my memory. Plant arrived in beautiful condition, but sadly, the flowers broke off in shipping. No big deal, really, but I'd have liked to have seen that bottom flower in person: I did manage to rehydrate the...

www.slippertalk.com

Unfortunately, although it showed up looking good, within 4-5 days it started dying of Erwinia just like the other one I purchased; the entire growth was gone within a month, save for a single leaf and the new start. How I managed to both save it and rebloom it with 1 more flower than last time in 1.5 years is beyond me. Just a tiny 30in wide fan, so I'm not expecting huge flowers on this bloom.

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[NEslipper]

You’re doing much better with yours than I am with mine. It’s still hanging on, but I think it will be a couple more years before I see it bloom again. Congrats on the great recovery, and I see a new growth starting already down at the base!

 

[tnyr5]

You’re doing much better with yours than I am with mine. It’s still hanging on, but I think it will be a couple more years before I see it bloom again. Congrats on the great recovery, and I see a new growth starting already down at the base!

Oh no! So sorry to hear. Try whacking it with Phyton 27, if you haven't already.
The one that came in even worse shape is also in sheath, but I am not going to let that one bloom.

 

[tnyr5]

Good save. Lop off all but one bud to see what it can do then cut early IMHO

I want the pollen, but once I can harvest it, chop chop.

 

[tnyr5]

Here we goooo!

 

[BrucherT]

Heritage recovery bud.

 

[NEslipper]

Oh no! So sorry to hear. Try whacking it with Phyton 27, if you haven't already.
The one that came in even worse shape is also in sheath, but I am not going to let that one bloom.

I haven't had to treat it with anything in a while, and it's growing, just not expecting blooms for another 2 years. Excited to see yours fully open!

 

[tnyr5]

Well that doesn't look so bad...
We are in the fakeout stage of opening right now. You know that fun little thing roths do where they open first before expanding & make you think it will be a tiny, crappy bloom, only to grow by like, 6cm over the following week lol.

 

[Justin]

Here we goooo! View attachment 37785

I see a lot of potential!