My new Paph Pinocchio - Another of my purchases from Tatton Park

[camille1585]

I never get tired of looking at these, and your pics are great. The blooms look well lit and really pop out against that dark background.

[nenella]

Very nice healthy looking plant Rosie! also, your flower is very nice & Congrats for the very cool photos of your bloom.
This was the first paph (5 yrs ago) I ever got it was about the size yours is. It should just keep on flowering on this spike for quite a while. I can see 2 buds formed after this second bloom and you will probably get more after! The spike can become very, very long!
My plant has now become pot bound (need to repot) but haven't as still flowering & I am always worried to do at this stage.
Keep us posted.

[RosieC]

Thanks Camille & Nenella.

I was particularly please with these pics, they came out really well for artificial lights (and not the photographic sort, just the room ones). The colours are pretty much perfect for how it looks but really stand out well on the background.

I just love this plant so much. It had been on my wish list for a while, but when I saw it at the show I just knew I couldn't leave without one.

[camille1585]

I know what you mean! When I see a wishlist plant at a show I end up making a beeline for that table and completely ignore everything else until that orchid is safely in my possession.

[RosieC]

Yeah, this one was like that. There were other wishlist items there but this was the one I had to have.

Another vendor had Pinocchio but it wasn't the pink variety and actually had a spotty slipper. I didn't like it anywhere near as much (which is good as I had already paid my money on this one).

[RJSquirrel]

nice paph you got there..I'm really really starting to like the paph plants...very nice coloring and the shorty whiskers..I don't know what to call them so they are whiskers to me and please correct me..

[RosieC]

whiskers is as good a name as any

I just love this Paph, and it has another bud developing now... I've really fallen in love with sequential blooming paphs, probably because I've not yet got any of the single bloom ones to reflower, where as on this one I've already had two flowers and a third is on the way

[Fiona]

Hi Rosie, I bought mine in Aug last year with its's first flower. It now has the 7th bud swelling with the 8th coming on. Enjoy it, I love mine!

[RosieC]

Thanks Fiona, I'm loving it already