Paph. haynaldianum backlit

Thanks for all comments

 

 

Gord

Outstanding...Good work!

Wonderful shot! very nice lighting composition and color. Regards.

 

beautiful!

Fantastic!!

.... and this one, with a very unusual pattern. and color melange. the light and details are charming.

Again I thank you for sharing your thoughts. This one is a slipper orchid from the Asian genus Paphiopedilum. This genus contains much more colourful species than the S. American Genus. I am happy that you enjoy these images. I am very fond of growing these plants as well as photographing them.

Thanks Gordon, are you growing them as well? don't you need a hothouse for them?

 

Are they hard to grow? need special attention? they are fascinating in their form and colors, thanks for the information.

Yes I do grow these plants myself. They are kept under lights in my basement. They are not difficult to grow but they are fussy. If you give them the conditions they enjoy they will reward you with vigor and blossoms. Some plants I have had for upwards of twenty years.

Thanks interesting, I hope you don't mind for so many questions, but I'm curious.... what are the condition they need to give you the best of results?

 

Thanks for taking the time.

My apologies for the tardy response, I've been out with my camera most of the time lately. I do not mind your questions in the least. I think we all enjoy sharing the things in life that are our passions. Your question is a bit difficult to answer because there are so many species and depending on where they originate they have quite varied cultural requirements. In general terms they all need high humidly but with lots of fresh and moving air. They grow in a airy and loose soil mix usually made of bark or coconut husks to allow for free drainage. Most but not all of the Asian slipper orchids do not need much light as they grow on the forest flower in dappled shade. Most are happy underneath fluorescent tubes. They are all very sensitive to salts so need to be watered with very soft water, preferably rain water or deionized water. A few species and several hybrids can do quite well on an ordinary window sill facing north or east.

Gordon, Thanks! It is so very interesting for me, did not know about all this. Also the different species of orchids, I saw for the first time in your photos. I love the different unusual( for me) forms, and my perception was changed ( I knew the flowery one that I saw at the florist shop) but aside from that nada....

 

I wish I could see them in your basement...;-)) thanks a lot.

Beautiful orchids collection, well photographed.Congr.

Thanks for the comment and kind words.

Gordon, the intricacies of nature never cease to amaze me and you've done a fine job, not only in growing this beauty but in photographing it to show its best botanical detail. I love flowers.

Thanks for stopping by. A love of flowers is one of several interests we would appear to have in common. I am a big fan of your delicate macro work with flowers as well as your motion shots amongst the many other subjects which you render with such sensitivity.

 

Very nice shot! I know that this could not be all that easy to grow, your care for it shows. Really nice shot, I love the back lighting and colors.

Beautiful!

J

 

You are to orchids what Dennis Aubrey is to cathedrals.

 

 

They are easier to photograph than to grow :)

 

I used the strong backlight to catch the fuzziness of this species.

Thanks. I am familiar with Dennis's work with cathedrals so your comment is high praise indeed.