Orchid-Paphiopedilum Hybrid

Orchid - Lady slipper

                                
        ID#752
 
 

Bright yellow-golden hybrid with long stems and quirky flowers. Very compact-growing and floriferous.


Hybrid:(helenae x Jolly Green Gem) (sib ‘Prolific’ x ‘Golden Elf’)

WSO 3825

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 6 inches x 6 inches 
PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen
GROWTH RATE: Moderate
TEXTURE: bold
LIGHT: filtered light, only.

WATER: moist but well  drained, 
high humidity 60-70 %
SOIL: Pot in Orchid mix using plastic or ceramic pots. Clay pots retains to much salt and may dry too fast
As observed in Coastal NC.

BLOOMS: bright yellow with orange tones in the pouch and a touch of white parkings in  wavy petals.

FRUIT  AND  SEED: N/A, propagate by  division.


KEY FEATURES: solid green color leaves.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch

Received “in Flask” quoted about 8 plants. Will keep seal for few more weeks.
-9/02/2012, potted (18)seedlings in (2) 2.5” pot with damp moss wetted with diluted fertilizer.
--Jan. 2013 move several seedling into individual 2” pots with sm orchiata mix.
-January 2014: (1 seedling) 2” plastic pot, all others failed. Hope this one makes it, I am not ready to care for flask seedlings.
-Jan. 2015: 2.5” aircone pot.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

January 2015

Additional Information: www.woodstreamorchids.com   (WSO 3825)

Removed from flask, september 2, 2012