Quote Originally Posted by zainal abidin View Post
Yew, thanks for the history and important info, never heard about it thank for late Prof Rapee Saggarik. Yew do you have any idea how to get red,white and spot with the spike more than one foot? Anyway Bruce very nice clone.
Sorry Zainal, I don't. I used to have the red and the spotted and found that if mounted onto a tree where the roots can can run free the spike tend to be longer. Unfortunately I only have the alba form now and it was mounted on the stump of my rambutan tree which has collapsed and I have just managed to save a portion of the plant and a keiki, both of which have not been planted for the last 6 months because I couldn't find a suitable tree branch to tie them onto. When the plant was on the rambutan stump it used to produce spikes of up to 15 ins.

Yes the late Prof Rapee Saggarik almost single-handedly launched the Thai orchid industry and and has deservedly been called 'The father of Thai Orchids'.