Phap Leeanum - Multiple blooms per plant

[rbarata]

Yes, my intention to keep them together is to have a clump of flowers.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by rbarata

...there are two plants in the pot...

Does that mean two, separate clusters of plants, or was it two fans on one plant to start?

If it is a single colony sharing resources via rhizomes, definitely keep it as one. If it is two, smaller colonies sharing a pot, you're better off separating them, if for no other reason that they are "backups" for each other in case of a health issue.

[Roberta]

I have a smaller Leeanum, but I have a Paph NItens (P. insigne x villosum) that tends to hang together and is on its way to becoming a specimen (though it has a ways to go to be like the plant that it came from that wasn't repotted for years.. by a friend... because it was too big to lift) When it was finally repotted the piece I got just fell off... but these P. insigne primaries can get really big... when repotting, if a piece falls off, pot it separate as a backup. But if it doesn't fall apart naturally, it's capable of having many attached growths.

[rbarata]

There are two separate clusters of plants.
That's one thing to consider.

[rbarata]

Now they all the flowers have opened...
Some photos:

[neophyte]

Wow!! what a wonderful display!

[OrchidBro]

Oh wow, that is very impressive!

[DirtyCoconuts]

I’ve never seen a paph that impressive even at an orchid show. Magnufique

[rbarata]

Originally Posted by Ray

Each growth is its own plant and will only bloom once. I see at least 4 in that second photo. Together they make a colony of plants.

It seems I have 5 plants in the pot. I have 5 spikes for the 2nd year in a row.

[Ray]

As far as I’m concerned, each “colony” - clusters of growths connected by rhizomes - can be considered to be one plant.

Sure, they can be broken into individuals, but this is a case where there is - literally - “strength in numbers”.