New paph with no name...

[NYCorchidman]

but a lot of flowers coming soon

So I visited one of my favorite flower shop in a very long time the other day. I picked up some nobile dendrobiums as mine are winding down (as far as flowering goes) and he had some amazing ones loaded with flowers and great price. Then he showed me this paphiopedilum with lots of buds on it.

I had no idea what to expect as far as the flower color and shape, except that it looks like a sequential bloomer. It has four spikes developing and I guess I will find out soon. I'll either hit a jackpot or ...

I just love the dark coloring on the under side of the leaves and the super hairy buds.

[Lana]

It looks super healthy. In a few weeks you'll have quite a show!

[NYCorchidman]

It does. but the whole thing is so dense in the pot that it's hard to water it and hard to examine how many fans there are. I have to put in a bucket full of water.

I looked closely and it seems to have four fans with spikes, the easy part, and at least two old fans, and one or more new fans going. roots are growing over the pot.

Two of the spike are well above the leaves while the other two are barely poking out in the center of the crown. so I will have the flower show for a few months it seems if not years

Hopefully the flower will open up to be something I can enjoy, or ...

[tucker85]

Good looking plant. Please post pictures when it blooms.

[NYCorchidman]

I will post pictures when it finally open its many buds.
I'm really excited/dreaded at the same time.

By the way, it's strange that I am so drawn to it without knowing what it's going to look like.
There's something about this plant. I enjoy looking at the growing little hairy buds on thick hairy spike emerging above the dark leaves.
When they all finally open, I hope I will be in awe (in a good way)

[Susie11]

Wow, what an amazing find! You lucky man you. I can't wait for the blooms.

[The Mutant]

It looks like it might be a member of the Parvisepalum subgenus or maybe the Brachypetalum subgenus? I'm an amateur so I really don't know, but I've seen pictures of Paph delantii in bud, for example, and they remind me of of this one...a bit... But they're not sequential bloomers, right?

Oh, what the heck, love the foliage anyway!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by The Mutant

It looks like it might be a member of the Parvisepalum subgenus or maybe the Brachypetalum subgenus? I'm an amateur so I really don't know, but I've seen pictures of Paph delantii in bud, for example, and they remind me of of this one...a bit... But they're not sequential bloomers, right?

Oh, what the heck, love the foliage anyway!

Yeah, judging by the leaves alone, I agree. All kind of paphs are bred to flower in sequential fashion now. I still prefer one single big bloom or multi, but this one is just for fun.

yes, I'm loving the foliage and the hairy buds a lot

[NYCorchidman]

I'm enjoying this plant very much and of course, I can't wait to see the bloom, which I will definitely post.

Orchidthief- I looked up some images of dellaina and I think I could live with that.

littlefrog- thank you for the reminder. The plant being very packed in the current pot and growing new roots all over, I think it will be nice to repot it now. Thing is I don't have a right pot for it. I just repotted a few of my paphs and leftover mix, but this is rather annoying because I don't want to order just one pot and pay shipping which might actually cost more than the pot itself. I only use tall plastic pot for paphs.
Or should I just leave it and repot it next year or whenever the flowering finishes? hmmm

[littlefrog]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I'm enjoying this plant very much and of course, I can't wait to see the bloom, which I will definitely post.

Orchidthief- I looked up some images of dellaina and I think I could live with that.

littlefrog- thank you for the reminder. The plant being very packed in the current pot and growing new roots all over, I think it will be nice to repot it now. Thing is I don't have a right pot for it. I just repotted a few of my paphs and leftover mix, but this is rather annoying because I don't want to order just one pot and pay shipping which might actually cost more than the pot itself. I only use tall plastic pot for paphs.
Or should I just leave it and repot it next year or whenever the flowering finishes? hmmm

You can actually repot most paphs in full bloom without any noticeable effect, but it can be a bit scary. Breaking a spike is never fun.

You can order several pots and mix, you know you are going to use them both eventually!