Since my last post. It turns out I've been really busy lately. However, as fall approaches things in the garden are slowing down, and I can settle down and concentrate on my favorite group of plants - orchids! I have some photos of new plants and of lilies, which I will post in the near future. I also have some now-outdated orchid pics to post. For now, here is a photo of one of my newest orchid purchases, Paph Pinocchio, a hybrid of subgenus Cochlopetalum. This is a very beautiful specimen with three large growths. It is part of a large haul I just brought back from Paramount Orchids, which includes 10 Paphs and a Phrag. I need to update my most-wanted orchid listings, as they are now outdated! This was my most expensive and perhaps most important haul ever, as it includes some very important and rare crosses. They are (not including Pinocchio):
Paph Magic Lantern, a must-have classic Parvi hybrid
Paph Joyce Hasegawa, a fantastic, well-known Parvi hybrid, part of a set of three Hasegawa hybrids
Paph Ho Chi Minh x vietnamense, a new, unnamed back-cross of this unbeatable hybrid into the most striking Parvi species
Paph Fanaticum, a naturally-occuring hybrid that was also artificially created between two large-flowering Parvi species
Paph Winston Churchill 'Indomitable' FCC/AOS x gratrixianum, a complex cross between an antique hybrid boasting the grandest ribbon attainable and a nice compact species
Paph delenatii 'Mighty Fragrant' x self, a selfing of a newer clone of this wonderful Parvi species bred for fragrance (seedling).
Paph Wossner Butterfly, one of the brand new primary Parvi hybrids made with Paph vietnamense
Phrag Eric Young, one of the first of the long line of besseae hybrids made after its discovery; a classic
Oncidium Twinkle 'Red Fantasy', a fantastic miniature, chocolate-scented Oncidium
Miltoniopsis Newton Falls, a really nice pink with darker waterfall mask and white markings
I also managed to get some compots of some rare Paph species over the summer from Forestview Gardens: Paph malipoense, micranthum (coming next month) and spicerianum (3 in each). Also, I am now adding a new feature to my blog: a list of plants (orchids - I have too many perennials to do that with) currently in spike/bud/bloom. That's just how freaky I am.
Paph Magic Lantern, a must-have classic Parvi hybrid
Paph Joyce Hasegawa, a fantastic, well-known Parvi hybrid, part of a set of three Hasegawa hybrids
Paph Ho Chi Minh x vietnamense, a new, unnamed back-cross of this unbeatable hybrid into the most striking Parvi species
Paph Fanaticum, a naturally-occuring hybrid that was also artificially created between two large-flowering Parvi species
Paph Winston Churchill 'Indomitable' FCC/AOS x gratrixianum, a complex cross between an antique hybrid boasting the grandest ribbon attainable and a nice compact species
Paph delenatii 'Mighty Fragrant' x self, a selfing of a newer clone of this wonderful Parvi species bred for fragrance (seedling).
Paph Wossner Butterfly, one of the brand new primary Parvi hybrids made with Paph vietnamense
Phrag Eric Young, one of the first of the long line of besseae hybrids made after its discovery; a classic
Oncidium Twinkle 'Red Fantasy', a fantastic miniature, chocolate-scented Oncidium
Miltoniopsis Newton Falls, a really nice pink with darker waterfall mask and white markings
I also managed to get some compots of some rare Paph species over the summer from Forestview Gardens: Paph malipoense, micranthum (coming next month) and spicerianum (3 in each). Also, I am now adding a new feature to my blog: a list of plants (orchids - I have too many perennials to do that with) currently in spike/bud/bloom. That's just how freaky I am.
