species..

[Pete]

Here some Paph. sanderianum. the one on the right is the same that bloomed 6 months ago, flowers are not open completely yet, however i got 5 on one inflorescence this time. with 2 spikes within 6 months this is turning out to be an excellent plant. the one on the left is a sibling, first bloom, with four flowers, also not open fully yet..

Here, a lesser seen species, Paph. urbanianum

Here a first bloom of an excellent species, Paph. stonei. the pouch color leaves a little to be desired and the sepals are a little pointy on the terminal ends but overall im pleased with it... one of my absolute favorite species

And this is the true form of the Thai species, Paph. exul

Paph. glaucophyllum 'chunky' this is a first bloom seedling from what should be a very high quality sib cross

 

[Shiva]

All very beautiful! And big plants too.

 

[etex]

Thanks for the eye candy!:drool::drool: Beautiful blooms on fabulous plants!!

 

[SlipperKing]

Pete the sandies are killers, five flowers one ! What's up with the pouch on the urbanianum? The stonei is super cool. It's a favorite of mine as well. Now I just need to bloom one of the 5! Love that glauco too. Why do you say "true form" of exul? Have you seen impostors?

 

[Justin]

All awesome, I really love the stonei...looks like the plant has a lot of growths.

 

[SlipperFan]

Great blooming at your place, Pete! The stonei has great color!

 

[Wendy]

I'll take the sandie's and the stonei please. :drool::drool:

 

[AquaGem]

very impressive sandies..... love it to bits...

 

[paphioboy]

WOW... Sandies must grow like weeds in Hawaii... :drool: :drool: :drool: Interesting that the blooming stonei has comparatively dark green leaves..

 

[Pete]

I dont think sanderianum "grows like a weed" anywhere. they are slow growing, sensitive plants that require lots of patience and attention. as far as the stonei leaf colors being darker.. i have plenty stonei, leaves are all fairly similar being relatively narrow and medium-ish green. they most certainly all need multiple growths to bloom.

 

[jblanford]

WOW!! Pete what a great bunch of blooms, thanks.... Jim.

 

[JeanLux]

Impressive sanderianums, a great stonei and exul!!!! Jean

 

[Pete]

Rick- in my experience there is a lot of "exul" out there that are not quite the real thing or have some insigne in them. you can really tell by the plant habit. true exul have stiffer, longer, narrower, more thickened and partially upright leaves (due to the environmental conditions where they occur)

 

[Marc]

Nice pictures and nice flowers.

I really like the pattern on the staminoide shield of the urbanianum.

 

[GuRu]

Lovely bunch of flowers in your greenhouse, Pete - one more beautiful than the other !!

 

[emydura]

They are all wonderful Pete. But the sandrianums are just out of this world.

David

 

[biothanasis]

WOW!!! Impressive blooms!!!

 

[Darin]

Pete, what is the difference between what is usually seen as exul and what you are showing here? How can we tell the difference when we are looking at plants in our collections?

Darin

 

[Dido]

a great collection you showed us here.
mayn thanks for that

 

[Pete]

perhaps Lance or Olaf could help on this clarification. They are very distinct species but there most have been some crossing of the two at some point somewhere as i have seen many things labeled as exuls that looked intermediate of the two. As I understand it P. insigne typically has larger flowers and grows cooler than P. exul. Being from the hot, bright lowlands of thailand, P. exul has adapted its morphological habit to have slightly more narrow, thicker and upright-ish leaves. P. insigne has much floppier leaves in comparison, although not generally floppy. Also I have noticed that P. exul has a much more cupped stance of the petals and a seemingly large synsepal.