Anyone grow Paphiopedilum vietnamense?

[smweaver]

Thank you, Shakkai, for your response. The only paphiopedilum species that I grow is delenatii (I have three of them, and I feel much about them as you do about your vietnamenses). I like the way they look, and they've been easy growers and bloomers for me. But from what I've read so far, I guess delenatii is the oddball of the parvi group of paphs (at least in regards to its preference for a more acidic mix as opposed to the more alkaline one that its cousins prefer). Maybe I'll take a "baby step" and get one of the Ho Chi Minh hybrids before I move on to a vietnamense. That way I won't lose as much sleep as I would about killing an endangered species if the plant doesn't respond well to my treatment. Thanks again for your feedback.

Steve

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by smweaver

The only paphiopedilum species that I grow is delenatii (I have three of them, and I feel much about them as you do about your vietnamenses).

I had a search on the internet, and details indicate delentaii comes from vietnam too. Interestingly --- has similar looks from what I can see.

I only have three paph plants at the moment, all growing in scoria, and our local scoria rock is known to locals as quincan gravel --- pronounced kwing-kun.

Once my vietnamense arrives, I'll have 4 paphs altogether. I mainly grow catt and fdk.