I got this from Oak Hill Gardens a few weeks ago. The flowers are about 1/2" - 3/4"
This is the lavender splash that is a cross of the red form and the alba form.
I love the peloric petals.
I have a second one that just threw out a spike. That one is a 'Lakeview' crossed with alba form so I am expecting a yellow-orange color
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/couscous74/Orchid0182.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/couscous74/Orchid0180.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/couscous74/Orchid0181.jpg

Very pretty well bloomed!

very nice! :clap:

Very nicely coloured! I see it's branching as well...or am I seeing things?

Cool - peloria intrigues me greatly. Orchids mag. recently had an article and - go figure - I liked the peloric Phals better than the Paph! However, you have to admit that a P. Lebaudyanum w/ three pouches is a bit overt the top!

Wendy, that is a branch you see. Your eyes aren't going ... yet :evil:

That is very pretty, thanks for posting!

very beautiful :clap2:

Very nice, does your plant also have a mass of roots? I love Doritis pulcherrima just for the roots, the flowers are a wonderful bonus.

Very nice, does your plant also have a mass of roots? I love Doritis pulcherrima just for the roots, the flowers are a wonderful bonus.

Sorry I missed this befiore Gideon. There does seem to be a few more roots than normal for a Phal of the same size.
Had an accident with this plant a few days ago, and broke off the small branch on the inflorescence. :embarass: Did I mention I have a habit of knocking flowering plants over? The rest of it is fine. The spike on my other champornensis is coming along now. I'll get around to taking pics this weekend.

Very nice, does your plant also have a mass of roots? I love Doritis pulcherrima just for the roots, the flowers are a wonderful bonus.

Sorry I missed this befiore Gideon. There does seem to be a few more roots than normal for a Phal of the same size.
Had an accident with this plant a few days ago, and broke off the small branch on the inflorescence. :embarass: Did I mention I have a habit of knocking flowering plants over? The rest of it is fine. The spike on my other champornensis is coming along now. I'll get around to taking pics this weekend.

This variety (the peloric one) is a weed for me. I have a clone called "4D-Splash", which is one that Klehms used (and may still use, for all I know) for breeding. Doesn't seem to die. It grows keikis all over the place, and wanders. Lots of roots. I just repotted it into a basket a few weeks ago, and it responded by sending out at least four spikes.

Littlefrog,

I love those peloric petals!

thanks

Littlefrog,

I love those peloric petals!

thanks
That's marcus' plant, not mine... I'll post a picture of mine when the flowers open.

Does anybody else find the peloric D. pulcherrima easier to grow than the 'regular' one?

Littlefrog,

I love those peloric petals!

thanks
That's marcus' plant, not mine... I'll post a picture of mine when the flowers open.

Does anybody else find the peloric D. pulcherrima easier to grow than the 'regular' one?

Sorry Marcus! Sounds good Littlefrog!

Thanks

I actually like peloric plants a lot. Though I admit that the Lebaudyanum in a recent issue of Orchids mag. was a little unnerving. Three pouches! :shock:

I actually like peloric plants a lot. Though I admit that the Lebaudyanum in a recent issue of Orchids mag. was a little unnerving. Three pouches! :shock:

That was really gross looking!

I got confused

Does v. champorensis refer to the color or the peloric trait.

I have a friend in our society that has this flower color ( I can't remember if its peloric too), and thought it was straight pulcherimma (which is the red form). She gets lots of her stuff from Oak hill too.

I have the red form and recently the "blue" form. I tried for a couple of years to grow it (the standard red) in a pot at Cattleya light levels, and it did crappy. Now I have it mounted and in standard low phal light, and its growing great. Tons of roots.

I have the red form and recently the "blue" form. I tried for a couple of years to grow it (the standard red) in a pot at Cattleya light levels, and it did crappy. Now I have it mounted and in standard low phal light, and its growing great. Tons of roots.

Blue? I would love to see that. Here is a photo of the roots of the normal red form.

http://home.telkomsa.net/thomasriver/images/orchids/Doritis%20pulcherrima.jpg

Now imagine those in baskets with the roots hanging down

Dang Gideon

Do you have some kind of "Doritus habit" or addiction? Those look great. My blue looks allot like those in the picture (Its still in a pot). The red is on a piece of maple bark and going wild now.

The blue is not true blue, somewhere between lilac and periwinkle. Our resident AOS judge (Tom Harper) is a real Phal nut and has been cranking out a fair number of them, and I think he has an awarded parent in the mix somewhere. If I come across one blooming I'll post a pic.

The blue is not true blue, somewhere between lilac and periwinkle. Our resident AOS judge (Tom Harper) is a real Phal nut and has been cranking out a fair number of them, and I think he has an awarded parent in the mix somewhere. If I come across one blooming I'll post a pic.

Thanks, I'd really like to see it.

Does v. champorensis refer to the color or the peloric trait.


Rick, I came across this bit from Orchids Limited:

"The champornensis name has been given to the unusual peloric variety that mimics the color of the lip in the petals. All of the plants we have bloomed thus far have been peloric although there has been a color range from light pink to purple."

Thanks Marcus

Here is my other pulcherrima var. champornensis ('Lakeview' x alba) from Oak Hill.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/couscous74/LakeviewA.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/couscous74/LakeviewB.jpg
The color is really a darker pink-lavender but the camera just won't get it right...

Of course my streak of knocking blooming plants over continues. Three days ago, a strong gust of wind knocked it over. It spilled completely out of it's pot. The shock of the repot has blasted the next 4 buds. Not sure what will be left after these 2 flowers.

Very nice Marcus

That's lovely Marcus!

Ummm....you didn't knock it over, the wind did! Get a cache pot for that baby - too pretty!
(I have a couple of top heavy phals....they all sit in other pots. Well, all two of them.)

When I repotted this time. I put LECA in the bottom for weight instead of foam peanuts.

Very nice!