Some seedling progress

[tnyr5]

Finally have all the thai x suk potted up, some flasks were much too rooty to separate.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Cute little things!! Some may stay small due to thaianum influence but others might grow out quite large for the cross.
I have a thaianum primary that is larger than either parent species. Go figure!

 

[tnyr5]

I'm inclined to think other way around: most will bloom in 2in pots and a few outliers will get big. Ross's seem to be staying tiny and he didn't use thaianum as the pod parent, like I did, which could theoretically help them stay a bit smaller. We'll see, though. We'll see. I've got 75 chances to get what I want, lol.

 

[Happypaphy7]

That's what I meant to say. You would expect most out of such a pairing on the small side since both parents are small & compact.
By the way, the plant I have has thaianum as a pod parent. just saying. haha I don't believe thaianum being a pod parent influences the size of the resulting progenies any more than when it is used as a pollen parent unless there has been enough numbers to cross examine this and confirm.

 

[tnyr5]

Only one way to find out. Which thaianum primary do you have?

 

[Happypaphy7]

Only one way to find out. Which thaianum primary do you have?

Just two. Thaianum x armeniacum and then thaianum x some kind of brachy I can't remember.
T x A were mostly in the shape of a mini armeniacum but the one with the best flower is like a giant armeniacum in plant appearance. That's the only one I kept. The brachy hybrids are still babies so I will have to wait until they start to flower.

I have seen a very nice example of thainum x suk online. wish you the best!!

 

[tnyr5]

Thanks! I used this thaianum and a $250 suk from Hilo, so they should be very nice.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Nice wide dorsal and even the leaves rounder than some I've seen of the species! Good luck!!

 

[tnyr5]

Cryptopus paniculatus, everything above my thumb is new growth since April.

 

[JayeL]

Tnyr5 - Well done on the Crytopus! I have only ever grown dissectus and elatus, but I absolute love this genus and it's crab-claw like petals. Pls post a pic of the flower when it spikes.

JL

 

[tnyr5]

Tnyr5 - Well done on the Crytopus! I have only ever grown dissectus and elatus, but I absolute love this genus and it's crab-claw like petals. Pls post a pic of the flower when it spikes.

JL

Ugh dissectus is a dream plant of mine, but sadly, even seed is unobtainable here.

 

[tnyr5]

Thaianums.

 

[Karp60]

Back to seedlings: Here are a couple very tiny Liparis lilifolia that I had to deflask early due to contamination. Thought for sure they were goners, but apparently not. The leaf you see is barely 1/4in long.View attachment 30771

Very tiny, good luck with them!

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[tnyr5]

Meanwhile, in the restricted section...

 

[tnyr5]

Deflasked nearly 3 dozen Goodyera pubescens. Some are showing heavy white overlay.

 

[tnyr5]

An unreasonable number of Tipularia discolor

 

[BrucherT]

Deflasked nearly 3 dozen Goodyera pubescens. Some are showing heavy white overlay. View attachment 31043 View attachment 31044

Wonderful! Following as this is a native species. Never seen anyone flask it.

 

[tnyr5]

Today's deflasking: About 40 Goodyera tesselata

 

[tnyr5]

* sigh * I still have 30 flasks to go...