Weeksend's highlight

[labskaus]

I visited my nearest orchid nursery on Saturday and saw a few nice slippers in bloom, these were not for sale, but definitely my personal highlight:

Left, Paph. helenae f. aureum, middle Paph. tranlienianum, background right, Paph. tranlienianum f alboviride.

Sorry for the bad pic. The tranlienianum in the middle was HUGE, and a tetraploid according to Mr. Popow. Certainly by far the biggest I've seen and this guy even had quite a good colour and a good form (for the species).

These went with me:

Paph. dayanum



Paph. gratrixianum var. daoense. I couldn't resist this lovely dorsal:



I also took seedlings of the albinistic forms of esquirolei (Crystal River FCC x self!), villosum and helenae, and a small Phrag Allison Strohm as well. You'll get pics once they flower, promise.

Cheers, Carsten

 

[SlipperKing]

Thanks for the post. those are some very sweet flowers!

 

[goldenrose]

:drool::drool:nice haul Carsten - did you get one of each for me?!

 

[NYEric]

Thanx for posting; but you didn't mention which nursery.

 

[jblanford]

WOW... They all look awesome, thanks. Jim.

 

[labskaus]

Thanx for posting; but you didn't mention which nursery.

Nebojscha Popows nursery in Wolfsburg. With your new passport, you can even go and look at them yourself oke:

Goldenrose; he didn't sell any of the three in the first pic, that haul was a cure to get over it.
If the tranlienianum looks a bit shiny on the pic, that wasn't the flash, that's saliva dripping fro my mouth.

Cheers, Carsten

 

[Scooby5757]

that tranlienianum fma. alboviride is interesting, I dont think I have ever seen one of those before.

 

[JeanLux]

the trio on your first pict. is a very pretty one!!!! Looks like I should do the ride to Popow s nursery one day!! Jean

 

[Elena]

Nice!

I bought a couple of plants from him in the past and they are always excellent as well as reasonably priced.

 

[Hien]

Unachievable dream,
sigh... sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...:sob:
Too bad, my cousin no longer lives in Germany, otherwise I would dispatch her promptly for a personal errand

 

[nikv]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing the photos with us.

 

[goldenrose]

Goldenrose; he didn't sell any of the three in the first pic, that haul was a cure to get over it.
If the tranlienianum looks a bit shiny on the pic, that wasn't the flash, that's saliva dripping fro my mouth.Cheers, Carsten

:rollhappy: I'll take some of what you did -the gratrix. is lovely & "albinistic forms of esquirolei (Crystal River FCC x self!), villosum and helenae"!:drool:

 

[SlipperFan]

Thanks for showing us another nursery.

 

[Corbin]

Thanks for the pics. Is Paph. gratrixianum var. daoense a natural variation or a man made variation?

 

[labskaus]

Ed, var. daoense is the name for (some?) of the vietnamese gratrixianum populations with an almost pure white background colour in the dorsal and different spotting pattern. Mine is a large, established plant that looks like it has been in cultivation for many years. I have seen seedlings offered elsewhere, though.

Goldenrose, I'm happy you're happy with my shopping :rollhappy:

Cheers, Carsten

 

[Damas]

I did also bought several paphios from Boscha and was never disapointed. I highly recommand him. He's got an ebay shop but you can also buy from his online store. http://www.popow-orchids.com/

 

[NYEric]

Hmmm, hangianum, concolor v. striatum, corybas...might be a little problem there!!!

 

[Hakone]

Paph. henryanum forma album , Popow nursery

Paph. tranlienianum forma album, Popow nursery

 

[NYEric]

THanx, I'll take them!