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rejoicing in Paphs
Came home early today, since I am feeling kind of sick, but before going off
to bed early, I decided to examine all my orchids for some kind of activity, and my Paphs caught my attention. My paph malipoense has a new growth that's already one and a half inches long (only discovered it this evening), so I am excited since it's not only in tall spike now but is more likely to someday spike again. I really enjoy the sequential Paph (Paph Amelia Hart 'Alexandria') that I got in October: it's on it's third flower already. What I like about it especially is what I jokingly call "the changing of the guard": the older flower will still look fresh a couple of days before it wilts, and then it starts looking a bit peaked, and then the flower falls off on its own and at almost the same time (or within a couple of days) a new flower opens. Is this typical of sequential Paphs in general? This is cool. What I don't like about another one of my paphs (Paph Deception II) is that when the flower gets old it looks really ugly with a brown spot developing on its otherwise white pouch, and thus the flower really needs to be cut off since it's butt ugly at that point (though it's really beautiful until this happens). Since this was my first Paph, I at first assumed that all Paphs get ugly when the flower is old, and that was a bit off-putting for me, since most Phal blooms age more gracefully (in my opinion). But the Paph Amelia Hart showed me otherwise. In addition, two of my Paph hybrids (that finished flowering in October and November) are growing something new again (either a new leaf or a new spike, don't know which yet, though if the rule of spike in same direction and leaf in opposite is applied, I suspect that at least one of them is likely in spike again). Paphs are neat! :-) Joanna |
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Sorry you're feeling ill. Hope it passes quickly.
Yep, many paphs get really ragged before they drop or get cut off, but I think that's less disappointing than some (especially phrags) that drop the blossom when it still looks good, making one wonder why it couldn't just last those extra days ON the inflorescence! -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:Xz3wd.4781$Z%1.3842@trnddc03... Came home early today, since I am feeling kind of sick, but before going off to bed early, I decided to examine all my orchids for some kind of activity, and my Paphs caught my attention. My paph malipoense has a new growth that's already one and a half inches long (only discovered it this evening), so I am excited since it's not only in tall spike now but is more likely to someday spike again. I really enjoy the sequential Paph (Paph Amelia Hart 'Alexandria') that I got in October: it's on it's third flower already. What I like about it especially is what I jokingly call "the changing of the guard": the older flower will still look fresh a couple of days before it wilts, and then it starts looking a bit peaked, and then the flower falls off on its own and at almost the same time (or within a couple of days) a new flower opens. Is this typical of sequential Paphs in general? This is cool. What I don't like about another one of my paphs (Paph Deception II) is that when the flower gets old it looks really ugly with a brown spot developing on its otherwise white pouch, and thus the flower really needs to be cut off since it's butt ugly at that point (though it's really beautiful until this happens). Since this was my first Paph, I at first assumed that all Paphs get ugly when the flower is old, and that was a bit off-putting for me, since most Phal blooms age more gracefully (in my opinion). But the Paph Amelia Hart showed me otherwise. In addition, two of my Paph hybrids (that finished flowering in October and November) are growing something new again (either a new leaf or a new spike, don't know which yet, though if the rule of spike in same direction and leaf in opposite is applied, I suspect that at least one of them is likely in spike again). Paphs are neat! :-) Joanna |
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Couldn't agree with you more about your comment regarding Phrags.
Drives me nuts to have 2 beautiful blooms and just be waiting for the 3rd to open, so I can take some nice photos and.................... boom. It drops a perfectly shaped, beautiful bloom!! First couple of times it happened I thought for sure that I was doing something to cause it. I finally found out from some local growers that it was quite normal:-( Now, I take them and press them in an old phone book. They make interesting dried specimens. If your given lemons, make lemon-aid!! Take care, Francis Marion |
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And, if you have a flat-bed scanner, you can place that perfect flower down on
the bed- do not PRESS it down - lightly place a piecew of paper over it, and scan it. Then you will have a lovely, detail picture of the flower. Elinor |
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And, if you have a flat-bed scanner, you can place that perfect flower down on
the bed- do not PRESS it down - lightly place a piecew of paper over it, and scan it. Then you will have a lovely, detail picture of the flower. Elinor |
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And, if you have a flat-bed scanner, I do!! you can place that perfect flower down on the bed- do not PRESS it down - lightly place a piecew of paper over it, and scan it. Then you will have a lovely, detail picture of the flower. And I'll give it a try, Thanks, F Marion |
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Hi there Elinor, haven't seen you in a bit?
So when you scan, you don't put the lid/top over the flower, just a piece of paper? -- Cheers Wendy Ps...(still limping with Plantar fasciitis!) Remove PETERPAN for email reply ARIET B wrote: And, if you have a flat-bed scanner, you can place that perfect flower down on the bed- do not PRESS it down - lightly place a piecew of paper over it, and scan it. Then you will have a lovely, detail picture of the flower. Elinor |
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Hi there Elinor, haven't seen you in a bit?
So when you scan, you don't put the lid/top over the flower, just a piece of paper? -- Cheers Wendy Ps...(still limping with Plantar fasciitis!) Remove PETERPAN for email reply ARIET B wrote: And, if you have a flat-bed scanner, you can place that perfect flower down on the bed- do not PRESS it down - lightly place a piecew of paper over it, and scan it. Then you will have a lovely, detail picture of the flower. Elinor |
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In article myCwd.104$iH.63@fed1read02, "wendy7"
writes: So when you scan, you don't put the lid/top over the flower, just a piece of paper? That's right..I don't squash anything! I would have tried black paper, if I had any, at that time. It was several years ago...but I was pleased with the results. Elinor in "cool" Florida (!?) |
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