OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I especially like the 3rd one. Something about the shape of the petals! Nicely done, Pat!!

Tomorrow's the arboretum sale...up and in line while it's still dark! When/where is the HAS sale??
:-)
Kristi

Wowsa! They are soooo nice! I love them all, but the second is my favorite!

Thank you for sharing your creations with us Pat!

-Frank

Impressive Pat - I think that first picture looks a tad surreal. Very cool. Alana

Beeeeaaaauuuutttiiifffuuuullllllll!!!!!

Hiya Pat in Houston,

When I saw your papilio scions, my living room resonated with a sound reminiscent of the the restaurant scene in "When Harry Met Sally."

I have gone completely mad with lust. Many thanks!

By the way, are you a Navy Diver? I just love the title "Performance under Pressure." My CHAD comes second only to my addiction with diving (in warm tropical water).

Cheers,

Blanca

The first one for me. My pap produces only chaff.

Many thanks y'all. My personal favorite is the 3rd one. These have gone a ways to assuage my dissapointment at the loss of my variegated papilio to rot. :( Perhaps another will come along some day.
I'm a "retired" Navy Saturation Diver. I enjoyed snorkeling for big Abalone north of Point Reyes while working out of Mare Island (see "Blind Man's Bluff")
The Houston Amaryllis Society show and sale is the 4 & 5 of April. I'll have some plants and flowers there, and maybe a demo project on growing papilio as an epiphyte.

Below is an example of one way to grow them. Note the seed capsules. This is a cross with Aulicum grown from seed recieved from a friend in OZ.

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Que Bueno, HoustonPat!

Sad to report there aren't many big Abs to be found now.

I'm going to read "Blind Man's Bluff." It looks really interesting. Thanks for the tip!

Wow, wow, wow... what a beauty! Thanks, Pat.

Xuan

Hello, all you night owls!

Pat, I can't say enough... gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!! Choose a favorite? I don't think I can! I like them all!

I can definitely see the H. aulicum in your cross, and I love that red! H. aulicum must be the English Bulldog of the Hippi world, with very strong genes!

As for the epiphytic growth... I've always loved seeing how you do that! I had thought of using a coco lined basket and an orchid medium to try growing a few of my bulbs. Maybe I'll give it a try this summer.

All in all, I'm very impressed! Phenomenal photos, Pat! Thanks for sharing!

My ex was Navy, and was very disappointed to find out that his partial colorblindness would keep him from being a Seal. He did two tours on the USS Truxton. Me, I've never been diving, though I've always found it interesting. It's probably safer if I just watch it on tv! :-)

ARGH>>>>>! I'll be in St. Louis next weekend, so guess I'll have to miss the HAS sale! RATS! Oh well, it's imposed CHAD abstinence (CHADstity?)

I think it's great that there are divers on the list. I only have 100+ dives in my log (Pat has 1000s I'm sure), but haven't been for years. In 1996 I did dive off Pt. Reyes with a "friend" and a group if his pals for abalone. I found a beauty and cleaned up the shell. They say it must be a cross between a green and a red as it has attributes of both. My next quest....an abolone pearl!
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K

Houstonpat, Oh My goshhhh!
They are all so beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.
Do you have to water alot on epiphyte bulb?

Jan

Great beauties. Thank you for sharing.

I do wonder about the process you went through with the cut flower. Do you cut them before the flowers open or after? Do they continue to grow and mature after being in tubes?

-GM