This is my current list of plants (although I do have about 40 wardii seedlings). Double asterisk indicates plant is currently in bud.

Cheers all
Stephan

P. (Collevans X Winston Churchill 'lind') X Zodiac Glory 'Marie'
P. (primulinum X purpurascens) X loweii
**P. (Wallur X Zephyr) X Sunland 'King of Sweden'
P. 7587 - Gordon's Oz
P. ang thong x lowii 'Princess 2'
P. barbatum 'Dark Red' X Maudiae 'Ebony Queen'
P. Black Stallion x ( P. Gloriosum X P. Red Maude)
P. callosum X rothschildianum
P. crossii ( aka P. thailandense)
P. crossii v 'sublaeve' (aka callosum v 'sublaeve')
P. Delophyllum X phillipinense
P. Deperle
P. Emerald X Pacific Magic
P. esquirolei X liemianum
P. Geelong X Rollright "Fusue"
P. glaucophylum
P. haynaldianum
P. Helvetia
P. Indian Ocean X Mahaska
**P. insigne
P. insigne#2
P. Joanne's Wine
**P. Jocelyn 'Canary" X Camberwick 'Tara'
P. laevigatum#1
P. laevigatum#2
**P. Leeanum
P. Luther Slaughter
P. maliponense X armeniacum
**P. Maudiae
P. Maudiae 4n X Candy Apple 'Royale' AM/AOC
**P. Maudiae X callosum
**P. Meadowlark X Milmoore
P. Nisqually
P. No Name #1
P. Petula
P. philippinense
P. Primcolor
P. primulinum X concolor
Primcolor = primulinum by concolor - I have two plants from two sources
P. Red Glory X henryanum
P. Robinianum
P. Rosy Dawn
P. rothschildianum x Sierra Lace
P. rothschlidianum X laevigatum
P. Rubicelle
**P. Sandra Mary Terry AM/AOS X Inca Terry
P. Sierra Lace X sukhakulii
P. Solum X Maudiae 'Magnificum'
P. spicerianum
P. St. Swithins X delenatii
P. Starr Flies
P. Stormway Melbourne
P. Susan Booth x lowii
P. Toni Semple
P. Toni Semple X Saint Swithin
P. Vexillarium
P. wardii
P. Zycleon
Paph Tag 107

That is a pretty hefty collection. Do you grow in a greenhouse? Under lights? Do you run a business etc... Thanks for posting. Hhhmmmm NO fairrieanums?... You must remedy that! :poke:

Nice list - many hybrids I've not heard of - interesting how maybe the availability of plants in our countries differs? Just wondering.

Hi

I'm wondering what time of day it is in the states :-)

I'm not commercial and, yeah, I've noticed a rather significant difference in plants between our two countries. Actually that's a good thing - it'd get rather mundane if we were all the same.

Tadd, I live just south of Brisbane which has a relatively temperate climate. All of my paphs are outside under 50% (or greater) shade. It's Winter now with a daily temp around 20 degrees C and nights at 5 to 10. Not a Farenhite boy - sorry. I've noticed the mixes and transparent pots in the photos I've seen. The mix I'm using at this time (with some success) is about 30/30/30 Large and small mix dendrobe bark with medium coarse perlite. The rest is shell grit, fertiliser, etc.

I can't keep buying that many plants though - most on the list are still seedlings - I don't have that much room. Plus I have other plants - but that's another story.

Cheers
Stephan

Nice collection you got there!

very nice collection!!!!! :clap:

That is a pretty hefty collection. Do you grow in a greenhouse? Under lights? Do you run a business etc... Thanks for posting. Hhhmmmm NO fairrieanums?... You must remedy that! :poke:

Hi Tadd

Didn't know how to send/address this so just tagged it to the end of my thread. Thought you'd like to know.

Paph Vexillarium = barbatum X fairrieanum

So I have a primary at least. :-)

Cheers
Stephan

nice collection :clap2:

Hi all

I've re-organised my records and added to my collection. When Spring/Summer comes around there'll be a judicous "re-organisation" of my other orchids to make room for the "growing" population. I AM HOOKED on Paphs and there is no hope for me. :-)

Just so you know, a fair number of the plants below are seedlings - that is they have four or less leaves anything up to 3 and a half inches in length. So don't be too impressed. Right now they take up the best of three shelves and I've got to grow them yet. At the moment I like the Maudiae types (I suppose because they mature quickly) but I'm giving others a chance and am also looking at species which appeal to me.

I spoke to a nursery in Western Australia earlier which has some very nice plants for sale so I may (probably will) buy a few more - including a nice looking near flowering size Black Diamond.

Anyways, with rules 1 and 2 in mind, the collection now currently looks like this.

Complex Hybrids
P. (Colevans X Winston Churchill 'lind') X Zodiac Glory 'Marie'
P. (Wallur - Zephyr) X Sunland 'King of Sweden'
P. Aragon 'Katherine' X Global Passport 'Simplicity'
P. Fiona Banks 'W O C' x Global Passport 'Simplicity'
P. Geelong X Rollright "Fusue"
P. Indian Ocean X Mahaska
P. Jocelyn 'Canary" X Camberwick 'Tara'
P. Lameurose 'A2058' x Pathfinder Legend 'W O C'
P. Meadowlark X Milmoore
P. Rosy Dawn
P. Rubicelle
P. Sandra Mary Terry AM/AOS X Inca Terry
P. Stormway Melbourne

Maudiae and its hybrids
P. barbatum 'Dark Red' X Maudiae 'Ebony Queen'
P. Black Stallion x ( P. Gloriosum X P. Red Maude)
P. Emerald X Pacific Magic
P. Fremont Peak x Voodoo Magic
P. Gloriosum X P Double Deception
P. Joanne's Wine
P. Luther Slaughter
P. Maudiae
P. Maudiae 4n X Candy Apple 'Royale' AM/AOC
P. Maudiae 'Flaming Ruby' x Robert Ward 'WOC'
P. Maudiae 'Los Osos' x Pulsar 'Grande'
P. Maudiae X callosum
P. Petula
P. Raisin Pie 'Newk' HCC/QOS
P. Red Glory X henryanum
P. Solum X Maudiae 'Magnificum'
P. Starr Flies
P. Yachio Spring X P. Fremont Peak

Multi-floral hybrids
P. (primulinum X purpurascens) X loweii
P. Angel's Hair x Screaming Eagle
P. Delophyllum X phillipinense
P. rothschildianum "P & R" x Bel Royal "Prince"
P. rothschildianum x Sierra Lace
P. St Swithin 'Libra' X moquetteanum
P. St. Swithin 'Sunnybank' FCC/AOC X P. praestans 'Dark'
P. St. Swithins X delenatii
P. Susan Booth x lowii
P. Susan Booth x Paph. wenshanense
P. Toni Semple X Saint Swithin
P. Vanguard 'Pulongong' X P. micranthum 'Select #3'
P. Zycleon

P. 7587 - Gordon's Oz
P. Fanaticum 'Hsinying' BM/TPS x vietnamense 'Valentine'
P. No Name #1
P. Sierra Lace X sukhakulii
Paph Tag 107

Primary Hybrids
P. ang thong x lowii 'Princess 2'
P. callosum X rothschildianum
P. Deperle
P. Dolgodi
P. esquirolei X liemianum
P. Helvetia
P. Leeanum
P. Lynleigh Koopowitz
P. malipoense X armeniacum
P. mastersianum X esquirolei
P. Michael Koopowitz
P. Nisqually
P. Primcolor
P. primulinum X concolor
P. Robinianum
P. rothschildianum 'Edward' x wilhelminiae 'Dark'
P. rothschlidianum X laevigatum
P. Toni Semple
P. Vexillarium

Species
P callosum ( 'Rainbow' X 'HOF' )
P crossii ( aka P. thailandense)
P crossii v 'sublaeve' (aka callosum v 'sublaeve')
P glaucophylum
P haynaldianum
P hennisianum
P henryanum 'In Charm' by self
P hirsuitissimum
P insigne
P insigne#2
P laevigatum#1
P laevigatum#2
P lowii ( 'Spoonbill' HCC/AOC x 'Phyliss' )
P micranthum
P philippinense
P spicerianum
P wardii
P. parishii 'WOC' X 'WIT'
P. sukhakulii 'Scottie' x sukhakulii 'Anne' AM-AD/AOC-QOS


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Cheers and beers
Stephan

Nice nice nice!!!
Good re-org! Love that!

:WOW: Look at that list!! :drool:

Ok Vexillarium is acceptable and so would that Black Diamond. You buy it for me, and hold onto it. :) That is quite a list!

Stephan,

Superb list! We look forward to the pictures of blooms!

thanks

That's a seriously impressive list and I sure hope you have a LOT of patience if you have as many seedlings as you say. I find them to be extremely frustrating but I guess the price we pay.

I'm really curious to pictures of the blooms of quite a few of them since I suspect a large number of the names we aren't familiar with are synonyms for ones we DO know here in the states. Like I'm betting that P. crossii is quite similar if not the same as P. callosum.

That's a seriously impressive list and I sure hope you have a LOT of patience if you have as many seedlings as you say. I find them to be extremely frustrating but I guess the price we pay.

I'm really curious to pictures of the blooms of quite a few of them since I suspect a large number of the names we aren't familiar with are synonyms for ones we DO know here in the states. Like I'm betting that P. crossii is quite similar if not the same as P. callosum.

It is, The Paph book (Paphiopedlim - Braem & Chiron) I have advises thailandense and sublaeve as synonyms of crossii. callosum, from my reading remains callosum (although, they're all three of them, very similar) but I could be wrong. It's been known to happen quite often :-)

As for patience, If any of you guys know our Dendrobium Speciosum I have one in spike for the first time that I bought as a seedling in '95 - I'm going to donate it to my society it after it flowers - It's WAY too big at 4 - 5 foot in diameter. It's also why I buy more mature plants sometimes (limited - because they cost more) - I get a flower fix quicker. The flowering paphs indicated earlier are still going - the insigne is opening - the others getting slowly closer. I WANT to post flower pictures, believe me, as I'm really quite jealous of the skills you guys display on a regular basis. :-)


Cheers
Stephan

Stephan, very nice collection. I would love to see photos of you shade houses (and flowers). Your temps are similar to mine here in South Africa, and I want to grow more orchids under shade cloth.

Stephan, very nice collection. I would love to see photos of you shade houses (and flowers). Your temps are similar to mine here in South Africa, and I want to grow more orchids under shade cloth.

Ah O.K., photos of the shade house (there's three of them and they're small) or rather the current location of my paphs I can do now. Yeah Gideon you're temps would be similar.

Normally 5 (41) to 21(69) now - Winter and 21 (69) to 38 (100) in Summer for those who are curious. Humidity in Winter = 0 ish :-) and in Summer you can swim in it.

Humble as it is here it is for your viewing pleasure
In the foreground - a callosum by Maudiae, adjacent and slightly behind is a straight (coloratum - I hope) Maudiae. Next to that, in the front is St Swithin by moquettianum.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/shaberer/View1.jpg

Next to that lot are most of my seedlings. The tray in the back is full of wardii. Plant in the forground is Sandra Mary by Inca. In the corner is my only Phraf to speak of and it's suffereing - I'm reading up on them.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/shaberer/View3.jpg

This is the upper shelf and "out of focus" Meadowlark by Milmore in the foreground. insigne is in the background.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/shaberer/View2.jpg

The shadehouse has four shelves and is currently covered in light plastic to protect the plants from heavy overnight dews and "some" rain. It's back faces North and runs East West. The plants are getting "about 8 and a half hours of reasonable light at this time and get about 10 to 11 in Summer. It's not neat or very tidy. There's one more unit like this, another is a proper shadehouse and last is one I constructed myself which I normally don't count as it is doing double duty as an aviary for some finches.

There are more plants but they're distributed "loosely" around the other shade houses. I live in a townhose which quite happily has a backyard. One day it'll be entirely enclosed - right now it's just crowded and messy. :-)

Cheers all

Stephan

1. :drool:

2. where's the green with envy emoticon? :jealous:

3. Thank you very much for sharing those pics of your growing space!!! It's actually very neat and tidy...esp seeing as you have so many nice plants... I am encouraged to beg for my Hobby G again.... by the way, where's the roebelenii :poke:

Cheers
Tim

Very nice! Just lovely to see everyone's spots for growing! Lots of great ideas and tips! :D

Thank you Stephan

That is very nice, and looks like your plants are thriving. Nice sturdy shelving.

Do you get frost in your area?

HHhmmmm A shade house...... I could always build something like that here for the summer..... Thanks for the new idea Stephan! Looks good! Do post a picture of the blooming vexillarium when it is ready! :clap:

roebelenii is a plant I'll graduate to in the future when I'm a tad more confident. - I've had a hard enough time with my Robinianum which decided to almost die the last time it flowered.

What surprises me is that shade houses aren't commonly in use there? Here in Queensland and most of Australia, Shade Houses ( I call them Greenhouses) are pretty much all the go for protected plant growing areas. They hold in "some" humidity, keep out bugs and animals and filter some really very harsh light (in Summer)

That aside, thanks for all the kind words guys

Stephan

How could you get rid of your Dendrobium speciosum? To me, it is the greatest of all orchids. As much as I love my Paphs, the sight of a good speciosum clone in full flower is hard to beat. Having said that there are a lot of ordinary clones as well. I'm with you. I end up paying big money for divisions of good clones rather than waiting 10-15 years in the tiny hope you might get something good.

David

How could you get rid of your Dendrobium speciosum? To me, it is the greatest of all orchids. As much as I love my Paphs, the sight of a good speciosum clone in full flower is hard to beat. Having said that there are a lot of ordinary clones as well. I'm with you. I end up paying big money for divisions of good clones rather than waiting 10-15 years in the tiny hope you might get something good.

David

Speciosum in flower looks and smells great. I've been lucky enough to see MASSIVE clumps of it in flower in the bush. Flowers on Aussie dendrobes generally last for a maximum of 4 weeks out of 52. They also tend to have two defined flowering seasons. There are exceptions but Paphs have a better spread.

I can get rid of it because;

1. It's taking up valuable Paph room
2. It was actually where I plan to "summer" my Phrags - (mottled bright shade, windy day and night, fair temperature variation)
3. and here's the kicker :) I have three more (one is var Grandiflorum from the special breeding of a bloke who passed away three years ago. His plant, which I've grown from flask, should flower in another 5.

Ernie, I tend to keep what I can't do without. It just, sometimes, takes me ages to decide what that is :)

I'm still buying other plants, just concentrating more on the Paphs.

Cheers
Stephan

Stephan, I would love to see more of your interesting crosses, can't wait for the pics.

I spoke to a nursery in Western Australia earlier which has some very nice plants for sale so I may (probably will) buy a few more - including a nice looking near flowering size Black Diamond.

Did you ever get the Black Diamond?

Hi Stephan,

Thanks for that list of your plants. I will have to look at it again, but your Paph. Rosy Dawn comes to mind. Mine is doing OK, but I don't know much about thiis cross.

Best!

Hey Gideon and Dusty

My collection is a mix of mature NFS (or BS) and seedling size plants. My strategy has been to get this mix so that I have regular "new" flowers. I intend to post when flowers make their appearance because I'll want to share the triumph :)

I've got some native dendrobes opening and will take some shots of them this weekend. My Angraceum sesqipedale may open this weekend as well.

Gideon, yep, I got the Black Diamond which is comprised of P. delenatii 'MARCH' X fairrieanum 'RED'. If I'm lucky the plant will flower in about 2 to three years :) I got a few more too - A little over the top I'm afraid.

Dusty, Rosy Dawn is a complex white. It's not particulalrly "full" but is nice for all that. Gordon recently picked up a batch of about 50 flowering Rosy Dawns from a lady grower south of me. He's going to sell them at a gardening show in New South Wales (forget just where) this weekend. They were all in flower and all fairly consistent in shape, size and colour although two stood out. From what I was told by Gordon this lady grows her plant in a shed with fluro lights. He said it felt like a "cave" to enter because of the low light levels. Her "mix" was a standard plant type potting mix and the paphs looked like they were thriving. Go figure.

My plant grows in a fairly standard paph mix in fairly bright light. It "may" flower next Winter/Spring. I'm moving it to darker corners when spring starts.

Cheers
Stephan

I wonder if the Garden Show is the Gosford Orchid Spectacular.... meant to be quite a big event, ie loads of orchid proprietors... I'm going on Saturday so fingers crossed for nice leftovers after people have gone through the best on Friday.

Cheers
Tim

That's the one!!!

I have no idea how Gordon set's things up - but if you see a stand that also includes a selection of Paph Rosy Dawn then the old fella with the floppy hat (if he's wearing it) behind it will probably be Gordon. :)

Cheers
Stephan

Oh, and Gordon gives everyone nicknames - I'm "Piccies"

Guess :D

Stephan

Stephan(!!) - you're not going??
:poke:

(and I don't want to hear "Australia is a large Continent, Paphs"! Nope, none of that - all's fair in love and plants!)

Stephan(!!) - you're not going??
:poke:

(and I don't want to hear "Australia is a large Continent, Paphs"! Nope, none of that - all's fair in love and plants!)

Actually Gosford isn't all that far away, but no I'm not going. This is the first "free" weekend I'll have had for a while now. A single bloke who hates housework can put it of for just so long and it's almost Spring - sooooo, this weekend I'll be auditing plants with a view to seeing which will require repotting in the very near future :twisted:

Besides I don't have to travel (about) 400 kilometers to spend money when I can go just up the road :)

Cheers
Stephan

A single bloke who hates housework can put it of for just so long

Piccies, you're going about this the wrong way... you're a single bloke who doesn't ever, ever have to clean up unless u have someone coming over that you have to impress... forget spring, it'll be back again the following year...

I'm going because it is my excuse to tell the other half that I can't paint the house on the weekend because I have to 'network' with various orchid-folks :innocent:

Will also figure out the mystery of the nickname... although has it got anything to do with you being an avid photographer?

Cheers
Tim

Gordon's a fairly straightforward bloke. There's two of us that go in to the Nursery on a Saturday that are called Steve :)

So because I was always taking pictures of his plants he took to calling me Piccies :)

It's stuck - but it's better than other stuff I've been called.

Apparently, Gordon's meeting up with a Paph breeder near Taree and dragging him down with him. Word I hear is that that person is bringing at least one $200 plant with him that Gordon (who's a fair judge) believes is worth every penny.

Have fun at the show mate.

Cheers
Stephan

Ok, so I listen to this eclectic arty (hehe) radio station when I'm in the car(or NPR, but that's another post I haven't gotten up the nerve to post yet.) Lots of folky accoustic stuff, world music, and reggae (at least that's when I'm in the car, but I found live streaming today. Much more fun at work now....)


Anyway, this morning I heard a song which reminded me of you, Piccies! :D

It is by Richard Thompson, whom I know nothing about....but I actually thought he could be from your home! He's not tho - North London.

Anyhow, the song is "1952 Vincent Black Lightening"
It's on iTunes - you should check it out Stephan!

A kidney rattler????

Not now sorry - getting a bit old for the old rattlers thanks Heather :D . I'll look up the song though.

Cheers
Stephan

A kidney rattler????

Not now sorry - getting a bit old for the old rattlers thanks Heather :D . I'll look up the song though.

Cheers
Stephan

What? WHAT? :?

What???

BTW, We discussed the occurance of typed "accents" online tonight over dinner.
That's what happens when you have potluck suppers w/ people you work with who studied linguistics, anthro, archaeology, art history and sociology. Not to mention how we GOT to that topic... the woman whom I work most closely with is a British medieval archaeologist...

A kidney rattler????

Not now sorry - getting a bit old for the old rattlers thanks Heather :D . I'll look up the song though.

Cheers
Stephan

What? WHAT? :?

What???

If the song you were talking about was on the "Vincent" motorcycle then they're a little "damaging" to some of your internal organs in the long term :) hence my term -

Accent, I have an accent??? really? far out brussel sprout :D

Cheers
Stephan

If the song you were talking about was on the "Vincent" motorcycle then they're a little "damaging" to some of your internal organs in the long term :) hence my term -

YA! See? I knew this was a song for you! There's a redhead involved too! :poke:


Accent, I have an accent??? really? far out brussel sprout :D

Cheers
Stephan

Hahahaha!!!