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Lots of beautiful plants in there but I'm getting tired of seeing flowing rivers or Niagara Falls of cascading flowers of all the same colours. Thanks for posting.
 
Very nice pictures...

The white complex paph is a Tokyo blabla or hybrid of, from the TON originally. Was it Ching Hua who exhibited it?

I know that hangianum from two years ago, I think it made a very short stay at soi siep phaonyothin before his current owner :rollhappy::rollhappy::p

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The problem is not the niagara falls of phalaenopsis... The problem IS the phalaenopsis. Thais are no longer breeding vanda commercially, they just clone older varieties, with very little improvement. If I was them I would definitely forward vanda breeding, plenty of things to do... and drop those crazy phals that cannot survive well in most parts of Thailand.
 
So, are those Sophronitis/Cattleya crosses on pg two 4,000 Thai Bhat? That's like $130 USD! Right?
 
Hi

I agree on the Niagara falls displays.. I find them tiresomes, but they are not to please the tourists or orchidists. This is stuff for the Plebian masses. Easily pleased here by gaudy colours by which they can take snap shots.. see my pics if you dont believe. Also serve as very nice backdrops pics to His Majesty. The show is to celebrate His Majesty.

Phals will grow in Bangkok, just not a lot of them. A few heat loving species and primaries do well here. Many of the species and hybrids needing a cool period come from Thailands highland - yes Thailand has highlands and places where it drops below 0 celcius.

I have friends with nurseries near Pattaya growing speciosa, violacea etc.

No idea on the Paph complex.. Not of any interest to me. Would have been grown in the cooler parts of the country or in evapouratively cooled greenhouses (popular amongst the wealthier hobbyists). BKK gets to 18c during the cool season.

I am happy to post pics.. This show is worth going too. THere are shows in Thailand every month, but this is one of the best other than the Rose Garden Show (the week around 7th Dec) just outside Bangkok which is the best I think for buying from Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Philipines, etc.

Brett
 
Hi Ernie..

Nearly forgot.., thats a 4n Soph coccinea in the pic.by Hanajima orchids. I think your calculation sounds right

Some plants that come from Japan, and Taiwan are sky high prices here.. I saw Anguloa clowesii last year at the same price.. Why??? who knows as the only places it can grow are mountainous areas in Thailand. Yet, I have seen it for sale by Thais and in Malaysia since they were sold.

Brett
 
Hi Ernie..

Nearly forgot.., thats a 4n Soph coccinea in the pic.by Hanajima orchids. I think your calculation sounds right

Some plants that come from Japan, and Taiwan are sky high prices here.. I saw Anguloa clowesii last year at the same price.. Why??? who knows as the only places it can grow are mountainous areas in Thailand. Yet, I have seen it for sale by Thais and in Malaysia since they were sold.

Brett

Fair enough. I thought the tag had a nothogenus on it, not straight coccinea.

Anyone, what's the going rate on a 4n coccinea in the US these days? Alan Koch and Fred Clarke were line breeding these guys, no?
 
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Thanks for sharing. I need these chiloschistas! :eek:
 
So, are those Sophronitis/Cattleya crosses on pg two 4,000 Thai Bhat? That's like $130 USD! Right?

Fair enough. I thought the tag had a nothogenus on it, not straight coccinea.

Anyone, what's the going rate on a 4n coccinea in the US these days? Alan Koch and Fred Clarke were line breeding these guys, no?

There are a lot in the US, but the best are still in Japan, both 4n and 2n. Several growers still do selection in Japan, including TON. Now 130US is very expensive, a high quality one in Japan is about 200US... and those guys are not to the Japanese standard for the flower quality.
 
Happy to post the pics.. Enjoy..

Someone from Taiwan was selling a nicely varigated roth or hybrid of it (not sure as my friend who bought them was not at her shop).. Never seen anything like it before

Brett

There are some stunning plants this year. My wife and I were there 2 years ago and going by your pics there were more interesting plants this year. Did you get any pics of the variegated roths?

Regards, Mick
 
There are some stunning plants this year. My wife and I were there 2 years ago and going by your pics there were more interesting plants this year. Did you get any pics of the variegated roths?

Regards, Mick

Hi Mick

Actually I thought this year was not as good as last year. Just my feeling though.

I did not take a pic of the varigated roth/roth hybrid. I am not a paph expert, so I may be wrong on what it is.

I will ask my friend who bought them to take a pic. My camera was out of battery power when I saw them

Brett
 
Hi Mick

I was somewhat off when I said a varigated roth hybrid.. I was a varigaeted Paph Harold Koopowitz. Still it was stunning. It was just in mid spike. I am no paph expert, so I apologise for the earlier bad ID.

Still it was amazing for a varigaeted paph, which I have seen enough of ,but never been impressed by before. They were imported from Taiwan. I will find out from whom.

I asked my friend for pics, but he already resold them.. Well not a big surprise.

Brett
 

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