New Blooms (P cornu-cervi 'Chattaladae'

R447 P cornu-cervi fma. chattaladae

There are a lot of orchid nurseries in Thailand selling this specie and many of my friends who bought the thumbpots found out later that they have been cheated. Many turned out to be normal P cornu-cervi with its bars and all and those who are luckier may get a P thalebanii instead. P cornu-cervi fma. chattaladae is only found in Northern Thailand around Chiengmai and it's quite rare. I suspect that the Thai growers cross P cornu cervi 'chattaladae' with a darker form of P cornu-cervi (maybe thalebanii) and if you are lucky you will get a few red form plants, otherwise you will end up with one that looks like thalebanii.

I bought a few mature plants from a nursery in Chiengmai in late 2007 and when it bloomed, I managed to pollinate and propagated about 200 plants from a seed pod.

Three of the siblings flowered recently and out of the three one of them is quite dark red in color.

I have in my farm, many forms of P cornu cervi eg alba form, thalebanii, 4n, langkawi variety, Sabah variety, and normal Malaysian variety.

Phal cornu-cervi 'Thalebanii'

R332 P Valentinii 'Red' x P Valerie Ang

Pollinated on 29 May 2006, two plants bloomed in late January. The two blooms show a distinct difference in color and design. P Valerie Ang is a hybrid from P Hsu Li-Shian. The spots and yellow background in the first bloom come from P amboinensis and the red from the other, comes from P George Vasques , the two parents of P Hsu Li Shian.

A very interesting hybrid and I am waiting for some more plants to bloom to see what more surprises it has in store for me.

R443 P Valentinii 'Alba' (P violacea 'Alba' x P cornu cervi 'Alba')
Pollinated on 30 December 2007, this hybrid first bloomed in January 2010. Flower is star shaped and colours of the petals ranged from yellow to green. In this region the green hue is well sought after and similar hybrids with a darker green clour are sold for well above RM1000.
Most of my plants are matured and many are already spiking. Hopefully, I will be able to show in my next few postings a bloom as described above.

New Hybids in Bloom

R391 P Penang Violacea x P Billy Wang 'Green'

Pollinated on 17 July 2007, 3 plants from this hybrid bloomed in March 2010. The shape is more inclined towards P Penang Violacea whilst the greenish hue comes from P Billy Wang. Flower is round with a good asymmetrical shape. Plant is small and when more matured will definately produce bigger show quality flowers.

New Hybrids in Bloom

New Hybrids in Bloom

R414 P Tan Lee Moy 'Chilli Red' x P Eleanor Loh

This hybrid pollinated on 27 Febuary 2007 gave its first bloom on the 17 March 2010. Since then four other plants bloomed. As they say a picture is worth more than a thousand words, I will therefore not discribe the flowers in detail but suffice to say that this hybrid has the potential to produce show quality flowers.

From the five blooms we can see that P Eleanor Loh features are more dominant here.

R458 P Ong Tin Kok (P Penang Princess x P Penang Ruby) x P Penang Ruby
This new hybrid gave its first bloom on 4 April 2010. Pollinated on 3 September 2007 and deflasked in early 2009 it grew well in moss.. As the seed germination was not so fertile, flasks were not offered for sale. Most of the plants are matured with leaves of between 3-4 inch long.
The flower is round in shape and measures 4 cm x 4 cm. Petals and sepals are maroon red in colour. The Side lopes are bright yellow and lip dark red. The plant is quite small with 4 leaves of about 4 inches long. When it matures further I expect the size of the flower to be larger. A potential hybrid to produce show quality flowers.