I've been growing Orchids less than year and have really enjoyed the Paphs. I've been trying to specialize in Paphs, but others just seem to jump into my hands. :o

Here is my modest list:


Cattleya luteola
Oncidium Twinkle
Paphiopedilum chamberlainum
Paphiopedilum charlesworthii
Paphiopedilum delenatii
Paphiopedilum Eureka
Paphiopedilum Frostlight “Spanish King”
Paphiopedilum Glorious “Hallelujah” x Black Currants “Dazzler”
Paphiopedilum glycophyllum
Paphiopedilum hainanouis
Paphiopedilum Hampshire Raven x Hsinying Maru
Paphiopedilum insigne var. sanderae
Paphiopedilum Oto (W. Churchill “ Indomitable” x fairreanum “Red”)
Paphiopedilum primulinum “Gold Bug” x Norito Hasegawa “Algonquin”
Paphiopedilum St Low Windy Hill
Paphiopedilum sukhakulii
Paphiopedilum Taperlight primulimum x P.C. Puddle
Paphiopedilum wardii
Paphiopedilum zephyros “Grand Illusion”
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
Sophrocattleya Crystelle Smith “Aileen”
Sophrolaeliocattleya Love Excellence “Kumiko”

Hopefully, I'll be adding more to my list after the Orchid Show & Sale in St. Louis next month. ;)


Shelley

Hi Shelly- Welcome to the forum...nice paphs...no phrags?

Guy,

Thank you for the welcome. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and finally decided to join. Busy Forum!

Sorry no phrags for me, they're too big for my light garden. However, my significant other has 2 phrags among his 80+ Orchids in his light garden. He is the one who got me into Orchids. He gave me a couple of my paphs.

Shelley

:welcome: Thats a nice list of mostly paphs there. Yea you should try a phrag out, they aren't that difficult for most people. You just have to keep them wet.

:hi: :welcome:

Welcome Shelley- I'm a newbie, too, joined earlier this month. Not all phrags are big. I know exactly what you mean! Quite often there can be alot of plant/foliage & then smallish flowers in comparison. I have 2 phrags that would be a very doable size for light gardening & they have a nice size flower considering the size of the plant. Olaf Gruss(a besseae X) is one and I got a compot 1 1/2yrs ago of (Boisserianum x Pearcii) x Besseae. One of the plants in the compot was already in bud!
Tried to load photos, it appears my photo size was too big. I'll take some pics of the plants & see if I can't post tomorrow.

Welcome and great start! We look forward to your photos!

"Small" list? Nice list!
Welcome, Shelley.

Hopefully, I'll be adding more to my list after the Orchid Show & Sale in St. Louis next month. ;)


Shelley

Shelley, do you know that there is a show going on in St. Louis right now? It goes through March I believe. I am going today, so I'll let you know how it was.

Hi Shelley! :welcome:

You don't need any silly phrags...(I promise I'll eat my words and my hat if I ever bloom one)

What you need are some parvis and multiflorals! :poke:

Shelley, do you know that there is a show going on in St. Louis right now? It goes through March I believe. I am going today, so I'll let you know how it was.

Yeah, I know there is a show going on as well. I can't wait to hear how it was! We are going on February 17 because the Orchid Society is having a show and sale that weekend. We're looking forward to the many purchase opportunities; you can get some VERY nice plants. The Orchids seem to jump into a person's hands in the sale room. :woohoo:



Shelley

Teresa,

Can you tell me what parvis and multiflorals tend to stay small? They have to stay small because of space on my light garden. You see, I also grow Gesneriads and the Orchids have to share the space. And since I'm kind of new at Orchids they have to be easy to grow; I don't want to kill them.

Shelley

Teresa,

Can you tell me what parvis and multiflorals tend to stay small? They have to stay small because of space on my light garden. You see, I also grow Gesneriads and the Orchids have to share the space. And since I'm kind of new at Orchids they have to be easy to grow; I don't want to kill them.

Shelley

I'm not a big fan of parvis and I grow mostly the multiflorals. Unlike their larger cousins, the following are small compact multiflorals and they also don't come cheap:

Paph wilhelminiae
Paph adductum
Paph richardianum

Teresa,

Can you tell me what parvis and multiflorals tend to stay small? They have to stay small because of space on my light garden. You see, I also grow Gesneriads and the Orchids have to share the space. And since I'm kind of new at Orchids they have to be easy to grow; I don't want to kill them.


Multiflorals are definitely not small...they are some of the biggest I'm afraid. But parvis are quite compact!

Yeah, I know there is a show going on as well. I can't wait to hear how it was! We are going on February 17 because the Orchid Society is having a show and sale that weekend. We're looking forward to the many purchase opportunities; you can get some VERY nice plants. The Orchids seem to jump into a person's hands in the sale room. :woohoo:



Shelley

Yes, that is my birthday, so I know I'll be walking away w/ some plants!:D There is also a show in Chicago that weekend. I can't make up my mind on which one to go to...:confused:

Just peeking in here to say hello to a fellow forum newbie :D.

That's a nice little list you have there. You are showing a lot of restraint for your first year of growing orchids ;). There's always more out there just waiting to come home with you.

Hmmm...so there's an orchid show this weekend in Chicago apparently. I'm going to have to look that up.