The Other Lowii

[DrLeslieEe]

Next to Mango is this type lowii. I didn’t see the spike until quite late lol.

Pretty nice and dark. Unfortunately the other 3-4 buds blasted as they got too close to lights.

Plant is huge and needs lots of water. Seems dehydrated.

 

[masaccio]

"The plant is huge and needs lots of water. Seems dehydrated"

Is it in bark or a bark mix? I use straight sphagnum for many of my paphs since I'm growing in my home. That said, many people shy away from an all-sphagnum medium. You can always add a substantial amount of chopped sphagnum to a bark-based mix and it will be an improvement. I don't know anything about your culture, and I don't want to be the fool that rushes in. Just a thought.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Thanks for trying to help.

It is not a great idea to pot any paph in pure spagnum as it leads to rot easily in cool conditions, particularly species. And this plant is in a 10 inch pot.

If it works for you, that's great. I do however use moss to top the pot sometimes to keep humidity in.

As for the dehydration, it was my mistake to not pay attention to this plant as much as I do the others. I just have to water more. It is in bark/charcoal/perlite mix.

 

[masaccio]

I appreciate your position. Do you have cool conditions? I would agree. 10" pot? It must be a monster!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

I appreciate your position. Do you have cool conditions? I would agree. 10" pot? It must be a monster!

Yes it’s cool at 15-17C in winter in this growing area.

Indeed a monster with growths 4 feet wide tip to tip! And 5 growths lol

 

[GuRu]

The flower looks fine to me but it seems this time you had problems with the light when you took the photo, Leslie.

 

[BrucherT]

Did you self Mango yet? Breed it to this one?

4 feet????? I’d like to see. That’s scary! No wonder it’s dehydrated...ten inches of roots have to support 4 feet and 5 growths??? You need up run an IV drip! Lordy.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Here the plant.

For reference, the lowii is surrounded by kolopakingiis (left), huge roths (right) and large phillipinenses (front):

 

[DrLeslieEe]

No, Mango won’t be cross with this one.

Instead, Mango will be selfed as well as sib on to another nice butter colored lowii aureum pollen (courtesy of John Marcotte).