Paph. wardii, Paph. belatullum and Paph. primulinum - Orchid Board

kavanaru · #1 11-15-2009, 05:16 PM

Paph. wardii: Already 2 weeks open... one of the most interesting Paph. species (IMO)

Paph. belatullum: a second spike is behind the shown flower.

Paph. primulinum (at least that's what is written on the label... from OL)

RosieC · #2 11-15-2009, 05:25 PM

Wow, those are really cool Paphs.

I like your pots as well.

kavanaru · #3 11-15-2009, 05:28 PM

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Wow, those are really cool Paphs.

Thanks Rosie!

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Originally Posted by RosieC

I like your pots as well.

Erin Bonsai Online

OrchidSue · #4 11-15-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RosieC

Wow, those are really cool Paphs.

I like your pots as well.

Love Paph. wardii and this one is lovely. Bellatulum's not too shabby either.

Susan

Roly0217 · #5 11-15-2009, 05:31 PM

Ramon they are gorgeous !!!! I love them all but specially the bellatulum. What are your growing conditions for this species ??

RosieC · #6 11-15-2009, 05:42 PM

I thought they looked like Erin Bonsai pots that someone else here on OB had shown.

I had previously assumed this was a US company and that they probably didn't ship to the UK, but looking at your link I see they are a UK company

I will have to look more closely at them as I really love the rustic look of their pots.

kavanaru · #7 11-15-2009, 05:44 PM

all of them are grown under T5 lights, the potting meidum is a mix of bark, sphagnum, perlite, and dolomite rock (no dolomite for wardii!). Watering once a week (if too hot, twice a week in summer!) and automatic misting 3/day.

I originally tried Paph. bellatulum in S/H, but most Brachys do not like S/H under my conditions. The plant really improved after being changed to "Srandard" medium (Note: many othe Paphies love S/H under my conditions!)

Hedge · #8 11-15-2009, 05:47 PM

Gorgeous plants and lovely photographs, Ramon, congratulations. I'm awaiting a Paph Noid I've never seen in flower to open at the moment but I bet it won't be half as special as your three......

LinhT · #9 11-15-2009, 06:44 PM

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Paph. primulinum (at least that's what is written on the label... from OL)

Nice blooms, Ramon. Are you thinking it may be something else? Looks like a primulinum flavum to me, but then again, I am neither a Paph expert or a Paph freak

kavanaru · #10 11-16-2009, 02:27 AM

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Nice blooms, Ramon. Are you thinking it may be something else? Looks like a primulinum flavum to me, but then again, I am neither a Paph expert or a Paph freak

hehe, that's based on a long discussion in the Slipper's forum, where some of the Paph experts were involved. Apparently, the line of Paph primulinum was messed up quite long ago with some "improved" primulinum coming from Taiwan, which apparently were not such but some back crosses... These improved primulinum wereso atractive (according to AOS standards) that they were used further in line breeding and the "old" (real) primulinum were neglected and discarded (smaller flowers, less attractive yellow/green colors, etc).

The believe is that apparently most of the Paph primulinum currently in the market (USA & Europe) are not the pure species. The guys from OL were also involved in the discussion, and were also surprised to learn this.

In my plant, the leave are just too large to be the true primulinum (according to that discussion!), and the lack of fragrant is also another hint of being something different.

I have seen some other plants of this cross and of a "sister" cross (C.H. #1 x C.H. #2), and teh variation is pretty large. Some plants looking almost like Paph. Avalon Mist or Paph Pinocchio.

Whatever, for me, in this case, what is on the label is how I will continue calling this plant...