Paphiopedilum HsingyingxHiloKey getting leggy

[Polypodiaceae]

Hi -

I got this paph approx 4years ago, in flower, which was lovely, and the leaves can't be beat. After it finished, I left it alone for a couple years, where it did nothing, and we both ignored each other. Fast forward to this year, when I decided to start treating my plants better, and set up a pair of Yescom LED grow lights.

Within weeks, I started to see more growth activity (the second fan of leaves). I repotted in fresh medium, same size pot, weakly weekly, etc. My question to this group is - the second fan of leaves seems to be getting pretty leggy, which was not the habit of the original plant. I thought maybe it's not getting enough light, and dropped the grow light from 18" to 12" the other day - not enough time to notice a change. Wanted to ask here as well to see if there's something else I'm missing.

[estación seca]

Welcome to the Orchid Board!

Sometimes they just do that. It looks like it's getting enough light.

[Polypodiaceae]

Happily this plant now has a full flower spike developed and about 2.5" tall. I hope it doesn't open until I get back from Christmas travels!

[Ray]

You also need to relabel the plant.

The cross is not Hsinying x Hilo Key, it is Hsinying Citron x Hilo Key Lime, which has been registered as Hilo Double Lime.