Dtps Kenneth Schubert?

[OrchidAddict]

Well, the pic is taken the day the bloom has finished opening, could be youth? I'll see how it goes until Wednesday when I'll be free and I'll take a new pic Maura. That is what confused me a bit as well and why I asked

That looks like a Kenneth Schubert to me. I've been wanting one of these for a while, so I've been staring at a lot of pictures of them! LOL Anyway, it looks just like the ones I've seen.

I also happen to have recently purchased a pulcherrima coerulea, so I have a picture of what one would look like. Here's a pic of a straight pulcherrima coerulea:



You can see quite a few notable differences between this and the one you have. I would say the Kenneth Schubert name is correct, although I don't think this is actually called a Dtps anymore, since Doritis is no longer a species of its own and has now been lumped in with Phalaenopsis. I believe it would now just be called Phalaenopsis Kenneth Schubert (Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that, though. Names confuse the bleepers out of me)

I have a small lowii as well, any tips? It came with two root stumps, severe general root damage and cellular collapse on the leaves. The root are growing as far as I know, it has been bathed in biothrive grow, anything else I could do?

I actually have a lowii as well. It's potted in a clay pot with very chunky bark and some LECA pellets...I've heard these grow best when mounted, so I've tried to mimic the "mounted" feel with a pot. Anyway, it's quite happy. I have it with my other species phals. If yours is showing root growth, that's fantastic. You're on the right track. The only other thing I would recommend is putting it in a terrarium to give it maximum humidity. I've got a little terrarium I playfully refer to as "sickbay," where I put any plant that arrives looking dreadful. I currently have several plants in there that arrived with cold damage. The terrarium REALLY helps the species phals, I find. They recover a whole lot faster in the terrarium than if they were just sitting on the shelf.

I hope your lowii recovers! And congrats on your new orchid! It's just darling! What cute little blooms!

[mauraec]

This is Phillip's P. lowii, as of a few days ago. As I said, it looked dreadful when he got it and has all along for several months now - not a leaf on it, although I would say that I don't know that it should eve have any. It's been vacationing in our favorite nursery for 2 months now, and, although the roots still look a bit funky, I think it's typical, and it as a bloom! It is kept in low to medium light, in a slightly cooler but very humid part of the greenhouse.

[PetSlayer]

Whoa Maura, this one is a cutie! Silly me, I was actually talking about my paphiopedilum lowii, I saw the picture in your signature ages ago, before I even became a member, and I decided that I shall get me one no matter what. Thought you might know lots about them, since it seems to me that they are amongst your favorites

Thank you for the pics, really cool one, nice "beak"

Laura

[OrchidAddict]

Whoa Maura, this one is a cutie! Silly me, I was actually talking about my paphiopedilum lowii, I saw the picture in your signature ages ago, before I even became a member, and I decided that I shall get me one no matter what. Thought you might know lots about them, since it seems to me that they are amongst your favorites

Thank you for the pics, really cool one, nice "beak"

Laura

LOL...I thought you were talking about a Phalaenopsis lowii too! I don't have a Paph lowii, so I can't help you there.

Maura, I don't think yours looks abominable at all! It's a deciduous plant that naturally drops leaves in its habitat, so it's frequently in bloom without any foliage. I've seen pics of it mounted with no leaves and a couple of blooms, just like yours. And those roots look quite healthy to me...I think you've got a great lowii there!! Love it!! Give it another month or two...it should pop out a leaf for you if it gets warm enough temps.

Nice one!

[mauraec]

Whoa Maura, this one is a cutie! Silly me, I was actually talking about my paphiopedilum lowii, I saw the picture in your signature ages ago, before I even became a member, and I decided that I shall get me one no matter what. Thought you might know lots about them, since it seems to me that they are amongst your favorites

Thank you for the pics, really cool one, nice "beak"

Laura

Funny - I did think about whether you were talking about a Phal or Paph lowii, but assumed the Phal. There are a number of great Paph. lowii photos on OT - and I think I have a few posted, if you run a search for it on here. I am still, after a year and a half of growing and studying orchids, and slippers in particular, learning by trial and effort, with a lot of failure thrown in for good measure. Paphs. in general like about Phal.-level light, although the green-leaved paphs, like lowii, seem to prefer lightly higher indirect sun. They also are notorious for needing to stay damp but not wet, and crown rot, if you leave water in the center of the leaves, is a killer. A beautifullly grown Paph. lowii is a wonder to see, though. I have adored mine.