Phal mannii In Bloom

[78Terp]

2 of 4 open.

[catttan]

That is a very dark coloured mannii. WOW

[Azizan]

Agreed with Geoff. The first thing that came out of my mind was; so beautiful that it looks poisonous! Beauty can be dangerous

[78Terp]

All 4 buds open.

[Arne]

Funny, Phal mannii was my very first Phalaenopsis back in the mid 1970s. In fact it was my first orchid that had a name. It didn't look like this though. This one looks like a leopard or something. At the time when I got my mannii I had told my very understanding mother to get me a yellow Phalaenopsis so she phoned a big breeder in southern Sweden and asked for a yellow species Phalaenopsis. That's how it it all started with me growing almost only species until today.

[ksriramkumar]

Wow!!. Looks very nice.

[oile]

Great, congratulations, great cultivation

[78Terp]

Thanks all for your comments!

[raybark]

Geoff, in case you aren't aware of it, Holger apparently had a heart attack and died within the last few weeks.

[Dorsetman]

Geoff, in case you aren't aware of it, Holger apparently had a heart attack and died within the last few weeks.

No that is news to me - very sad news, very bad news... I was looking forward to going with him on one of his botanical tours next year - he promised me blue poppies and all sorts of other wonderful things...
I must send my condolences to his wife - we had a very long natter at the South African World Orchid Conference, on a quiet day when all the other visitors had gone off somewhere, and renewed acquaintance at the London European Conference a year or two later, when they had some trouble getting accepted as exhibitors, and I pulled a few strings with the RHS to get them in. They are/were both very knowledgable about the orchids of Yunnan, they will be a great loss if she gives up the nursery.