Paph Pinocchio

[nenella]

Very Nice! a very pretty one & very easy grower!
I like this paph as It blooms for months & months & months !!! I first got it one in july 2006 bloomed till sept 2007 and is now finally getting another spike !
here it is...

[Lagoon]

Super color on that one, Howard
Congrats Nenella, don't forget to post up some pics when it blooms

[DebsC]

One of my favorites! Yours is a beauty!

[BikerDoc5968]

Originally Posted by nenella

Very Nice! a very pretty one & very easy grower!
I like this paph as It blooms for months & months & months !!! I first got it one in july 2006 bloomed till sept 2007 and is now finally getting another spike !
here it is...

I agree this one just keeps on producing flowers. This pic is of another Paph Pinocchio I have from a different vendor that began spiking so long ago I can't recall when it started....and cb (Sue) we don't need any of those age comments, here Anyway, aside from the photographic perspective, the door behind the spike is 30" wide and I've placed the plant about 3' from the door for this pic...but as best I can measure, it is about 28" long and there is a very small bud on the end!

[quiltergal]

Many of these sequential bloomers go for months and months. I bought a species back in Feb.2007 that bloomed at the end of Feb. It is still in bloom and while it looks like it's slowing down a bit hasn't stopped yet. It's amazing. I love Pinocchio too. I gave one to my son who also likes Paphs.

[camille1585]

I had no clue that they bloomed for so long. I thought that they only made a few buds per spike and that was it. I really must get one of these, and seems like the perfect candidate for my first paph! But with such a long spike, does it need a lot of support to avoid it snapping in half?

[BikerDoc5968]

I used the longest metal support I had and about half of the spike extends past the end of the support!

[nenella]

that's amazing !! Your spike I mean !!!! I had a total of 11 flowers but my spike was a bit more compact. By the way I didn't say ,;But your flower is a lot prettier too!

[dgenovese1]

Howard...Excellent!

I love seeing two blooms at the same time. Are they on seperate spikes, or are they both on the same spike? I have not had 2 blooms on the same spike occur at the same time with any sequentials in my collection. I've had two blooms on seperate spikes before, but not two on one as it appears to be in your photo.

[shakkai]

David, My Pinocchio (which was labelled as Paph. primulinum when I bought it, but the pounch is too white and the dorsal is too round and green for it to be the species) was able to carry two flowers on the same spike for some time: