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RJSquirrel · #1 06-18-2010, 05:31 AM

this is 3 in one..one spiked already and the new growth in back is loooking pretty good

was marked a Bulldog but I been told its not a bulldog its a maudie type..Im a noob..Was just a sign misplaced that confused me. I got a really nice plant anyway.I'm gonna go back today and get me a Bulldog this time if he still has one left

great mottling!!!

RosieC · #2 06-18-2010, 08:23 AM

It looks good, although I would be worried by the crinkling of the new leaf at the back. Not sure what might be causing that and whether or not it is anything to worry about.

tuvoc · #3 06-18-2010, 11:11 AM

Looks pretty good to me. I agree, not a bulldog.

Kim

WhiteRabbit · #4 06-18-2010, 06:56 PM

wow! very nice looking Paph! Now that I actually have a Paph spiking (woot!) I find myself itching for more!

RJSquirrel · #5 06-20-2010, 10:06 AM

I'm finding that I really like the paphs a lot..my likes are starting to point themselves finally in a single direction.The crinkly leaf in back was up against a board in the greenhouse and I think it was trying to peek up over it some to get some light

It will straighten out now that I have given it some room and more light me thinks

RJSquirrel · #6 09-19-2010, 12:41 AM

that little crinkly leaf has a fuzzy little bud buried down inside it and my 1st home grown Virgin paph spike!!!

its so small lol I tried to take a pic of it and I cant even see it!!

The leaf is still crinkly but got baby!!!

RosieC · #7 09-19-2010, 11:15 AM

Cool... no I can't see it, but that fuzzy look often gives them away. I hadn't had any Paphs rebloom for me in the spring of this year but now I've had one bloom and another in spike. Isn't it exciting when notice the first sign!

One thing I was told to check for on Paphs is for the fan feeling 'Fat'. Gently grip the flat sides of the fan between your fingers and you should feel that it is fatter than you would usually expect, which is the first sign of a bud down inside.

What I've noted with my two Paphs that have either flowered or formed buds is that you get a short leaf which comes out before the bud, when the spike pushes up behind the bud the leafe will be on the spike and move up protecting the bud, until finally the bud pushes past it.

I've seen this on a Maudiae and I'm just starting to see it on a bulldog which is just starting to grow the spike.

RJSquirrel · #8 09-24-2010, 09:47 PM

you right again :P
you can feel it yup its fat rounded and got a lump in it like a baby stem

I got to looking around and feeling some paphs and found another little bud starting on a vini

...they like RJS paph mix and getting the 15 to 20 degree drop at night they starting to bud up...

1 virgin bud and 2 re-buds

RJSquirrel · #9 09-28-2010, 10:03 PM

it was 1st time i checked roots on this one and was expecting to be horrified !!! but....no they look wonderful!!!

and 2 new growths too!!

gently put back into pot and

RosieC · #10 09-29-2010, 06:30 AM

Cool, look better than the roots on some of mine (which have gone in tiny pots because there is so little root)... great news on the new growths too