Look What I Found Today!

[jeremyinsf]

Some Paph's bloom sequentially on a regular basis, and some have multiple blooms as a one-off, etc. Looks like you have a happy plant! It may do the same in the future, it may not.

[scy]

That's beautiful! Great find!

[RosieC]

Great find!

[Island Girl]

Beautiful! Great find! I wish we had stores down here with orchids like that!

[Skayc1]

What kind of Orchid is this? I love the spotted leaves...I wish I could find one like it here...

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Skayc1

What kind of Orchid is this? I love the spotted leaves...

This is a Paphiopedilum or paph for short, they are my favorite orchid

[Skayc1]

Do all Paphs have spotted leaves? or just some?

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Skayc1

Do all Paphs have spotted leaves? or just some?

No not all of them. A lot of the ones that just have one bloom on them at a time (like the one pictured in this thread) have the spotted leaves.

[DweamGoiL]

I do have another question; I am going to repot in a mix with mostly Orchiata into one of those Aircone pots. This morning, I needed to water and I left her outside of the decorative pot. I do the pot in a pot thing (functional pot inside of the pretty pot), but do you think that since Paphs and their medium retain more moisture this is a sure fire recipe for mold and rot?

The decorative pot does not have any holes and the base is a bit narrow. I am thinking maybe I need to rig it to stay up higher and let more air in

I apologize in advance but little things like this make my OCD go into overdrive

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by DweamGoiL

I do have another question; I am going to repot in a mix with mostly Orchiata into one of those Aircone pots. This morning, I needed to water and I left her outside of the decorative pot. I do the pot in a pot thing (functional pot inside of the pretty pot), but do you think that since Paphs and their medium retain more moisture this is a sure fire recipe for mold and rot?

The decorative pot does not have any holes and the base is a bit narrow. I am thinking maybe I need to rig it to stay up higher and let more air in

I apologize in advance but little things like this make my OCD go into overdrive

Sorry cant help I don't put any of my orchids in decorative pots, except when I have a plant with a really small root system and big leaves then I will put it in one to help stabilize it.