Some buds and blooms

[tnyr5]

A few things are pushing, shame all the shows are cancelled.
First up, a Paph. haynaldianum dark type on its first bloom.

Next up, two more thaianums from my own breeding line are spiking.


The venustum is still going strong, finished out at NS 10cm, PW 2cm, DW 3.5cm

Shun Fa Golden 'Fricka' is in bloom


A philippinense var. roebelinii from woodstream, in sheath 3 years, 3 months, and 2 weeks from deflasking

 

[tnyr5]

Finally, Prince Edward of York 'Sublime Botanical Noodliness' was set to bloom again, just 9 months after its last flowering. When the shows were cancelled, I decided to pull the sheath. It was already massive even though it had not risen above the crown yet. There would have been 6.
The developing buds inside were enormous for their age.

 

[Don I]

Wow.
Don

 

[Justin]

Seriously nice PEOY...can't wait to see it next time.

 

[Duck Slipper]

Good pics...why not let the PEOY bloom....cause of Coronavirus?
Duck

 

[tnyr5]

I'm trying for 7 per stem.

 

[tnyr5]

Seriously nice PEOY...can't wait to see it next time.

Looks like you'll get your wish. I see it pushing up another sheath just to spite me.

 

[likespaphs]

Looks like you'll get your wish. I see it pushing up another sheath just to spite me.

ha!
as i often say, sometimes orchids are jerks

 

[tnyr5]

A little update

 

[DrLeslieEe]

A little updateView attachment 19189

Beautiful color. Hopefully the dorsal sepal margins will be less wavy on next blooming.

Btw what parentage is the venustum?

 

[Guldal]

That haynaldianum is to die for!

 

[lori.b]

Looks like one of the thaianums has two buds. Please show us pics when the plants are blooming. Last year one of my thaianums had two buds on one inflorescence and then decided to send up another inflorescence for a total of three blooms - haven't seen that before. That same plant is starting to show buds now so I'm curious to see what it'll do this year.

 

[tnyr5]

Yeah,

Beautiful color. Hopefully the dorsal sepal margins will be less wavy on next blooming.

Btw what parentage is the venustum?

('Longlife 27' x Master 'HCC/AOS')

I agree, there's a lot wrong with the haynaldianum. I'll give it a few more blooms to see what works its way out. Internodes will lengthen, color will improve, but those synsepals...ugh. I know they're typical haynaldianum synsepals but that doesn't mean I have to like them!

 

[tnyr5]

Looks like one of the thaianums has two buds. Please show us pics when the plants are blooming. Last year one of my thaianums had two buds on one inflorescence and then decided to send up another inflorescence for a total of three blooms - haven't seen that before. That same plant is starting to show buds now so I'm curious to see what it'll do this year.

Oh I will. I've seen pics of that phenomenon. My hunch is that what they're doing is throwing up a sacrificial, rootless growth from the meristem closest to the crown and then blooming both growths at once.

 

[Ozpaph]

good colour on the last haynaldianum.
The SFG is grand!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Yeah,

('Longlife 27' x Master 'HCC/AOS')

I agree, there's a lot wrong with the haynaldianum. I'll give it a few more blooms to see what works its way out. Internodes will lengthen, color will improve, but those synsepals...ugh. I know they're typical haynaldianum synsepals but that doesn't mean I have to like them!

I actually like the presentation of the flowers with shorter distance between the pedicels. It makes them look more shingled.

 

[tnyr5]

And the finished product at last.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Stunning presentation. I told you so!!!

 

[musa]

A real beauty!

 

[richgarrison]

wow i saw the parents above... If i may ask, where did that come from?