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08-12-2007, 06:19 PM
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Paph sukhakulii
After a 5 year wait, I finally got a bloom! I bought this one in 1990 and it did great until 2002 but my lack of repotting lead to root. I just about lost the plant except for a tiny growth. Took that growth 5 years to bulk up enough for blooms. 
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08-12-2007, 06:48 PM
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It appears to have been worth the wait. You have a keeper here Todd.
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08-12-2007, 08:21 PM
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Nice save, Todd. Do new growth on paphs really take 5 years to fully mature and bloom, I've heard they are slow growers. I have a new growth on my delenatii, that's healthy, any thoughts on that growtrh rate?
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08-12-2007, 09:06 PM
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Great save there, its beautiful!
Erin, New growths usually do not take 5 years to mature on an adult plant. These mottled leaf plants seem to be faster growers and Todd's plant had a set back. Some paphs might become multigrowth before blooming too
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08-12-2007, 09:12 PM
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My sukhakulii was litterally set back to being a like a seedling. The little growth took 3 years to produce a new growth. The new growth took nearly 2 years to mature enough to bloom. Most of my other paphs take about a year to mature new growths and flower. My sukhakulii already has a new growth with 2 leaves so I expect if I do everything right, that growth will flower this time next year and I should be back to yearly blooming.
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08-12-2007, 09:18 PM
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Hi Todd
Congrats, great flower. Not a Paph "expert" but i do have this species as well. One of my favorites!  |
08-12-2007, 10:37 PM
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How often should these be re-potted? I assume you've got your calender marked? 
Sheesh, can't afford to set em back too many times.  |
08-13-2007, 01:22 AM
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Nice reward for your TLC Todd. That spotting is great!
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08-13-2007, 11:55 AM
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Very cool. Great growing.
K
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08-15-2007, 01:56 AM
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Good news, thank for all the info!
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