I'm having a reasonably good season for parvis given the small number of them I have; I put a bunch of paphs outside late last fall for a few weeks of 40 degree nights and it helped. The 25-growth micranthum bloomed for the first time, an antec vietnamense bloomed, and I have a crop of a half-dozen or so delenatiis in bud as well as a few other species and hybrids. The greenhouse can't be allowed to get that cold; the vandas, phals, bulbos and other warmer growers wouldn't like it. I'm thinking of tying to divide the GH into two zones for next winter, but not sure if I'm really up to all that work.
Both flowers are a bit small, but so are the plants. I have had trouble with armeniacum for years and barely kept them alive (lost a couple, actually). Did bloom a different one a few years back, not well; it was too warm and the segments were very thin and the color weak. They have done better the last couple years since building the greenhouse and I'm hoping I'll be able to have larger plants and more frequent blooming now.
I think number one has great form and I'm very happy with it overall. Number two's petals are too narrow and twist forward slightly; I hope this will improve with future bloomings. On the positive side, I really like the vividness of the red on the staminode.
Both flowers are a bit small, but so are the plants. I have had trouble with armeniacum for years and barely kept them alive (lost a couple, actually). Did bloom a different one a few years back, not well; it was too warm and the segments were very thin and the color weak. They have done better the last couple years since building the greenhouse and I'm hoping I'll be able to have larger plants and more frequent blooming now.
I think number one has great form and I'm very happy with it overall. Number two's petals are too narrow and twist forward slightly; I hope this will improve with future bloomings. On the positive side, I really like the vividness of the red on the staminode.
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