Paph lowii blooming!

[Kerstin C]

Hey all, my Paph lowii started putting up a spike earlier this year. There are now three out of four flowers open and there may be a fifth. It's too early to tell. This is one of my favorites!

[RosieC]

Wow, really pretty and great with all the flowers open. I love it

[billc]

That's real nice. I like the way yours spiked outwards. How old is your lowii?

Bill

[SP2340]

Beautiful, thanks!!

[Kerstin C]

Thanks everybody!

I got this Paph in 1999. It had two growths at the time. Those growths are long gone. Now it has four growths and is working on a fifth one. The name on the tag is P. lowii 'Penny' AM X Suzy. I'll post another photo soon--I noticed that people here are photographing their flowers against a black background. It seems that brings out the colors more effectively.

To get it to spike like that I rotated the plant so the spike was facing away from the window. As it grew, it leaned up towards the light. Otherwise the spike would be almost horizontal. I generally don't stake the spikes unless they're getting in the way.

[gixrj18]

Beautiful! This is my favorite Paph....and I really like the form on this one. Nice job!

[smartie2000]

nice lowii

[gixrj18]

Please let me know if you ever have any divisions of this plant that you would like to sell or trade. I've been on the hunt for a nice lowii. Thanks!

[Roly0217]

This is by far my favorite multi floral Paph!!!! Congratulation on your blooms !!!!! Mine is also in bloom right now. It's fifth bud just finished opening yesterday and still working on the 6th one. I'm so very happy !!!

[dgenovese1]

Hi Kerstin,
This is a beautiful Paph! Thanks for sharing it with us....seeing yours gives me hope that my little baby one will sometime reward me with such magnificence!