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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman
Mutant,
I feel your pain. 
Of all my paphs, Yosemite Moon&Fairrieanum cross is the slowest. I just wasn't sure if it was growing or dead.
It eventually bloom past Christmas and early January this year.
I have one maudiae alba that is showing low sheath in the first two pictures below.
Its leaves are larger than last years. All looked good and it's about time it made a spike. I didn't see anything all summer. Finally, at the end of summer, I saw something poking out of the center of the growth. I immediately thought it was a spike. As it grew more and more, it looked more and more like a leaf. what a disappointment.
but then just recently, that small new leaf popped open and there was a sheath inside. yay! 
These paphs are crazy. They would make spike with or without spike. sometimes like this one, it makes an extra small leaf before sending up a spike.
In the third picture, one of the white complex paph showing second sheath developing. It will take a while before I see the flower for sure! time to forget about it for a while for the sake of my mental health I think 
No pictures here yet, but I have three others that are in low sheath. Again, I will try and forget about them for a while.
The last picture is P. Hsinying Delight with all three flowers open and mature. I LOVE this plant! The first two opened facing the same direction on the same day.
I tried hard to get the third bud to orient the same direction as the other two, but well, it had its own preference.  |
Yeah, I think it's their hobby to drive their owners insane... Some of them at least.
I have some Paphs that are doing exactly that, some spiking and some putting out a tiny leaf before spikning, but the most frustrating Paph I have is probably my hainanense... I don't think they are supposed to particularly slow, but mine give the roths a run for their money.
It's the type of Paph where you can only see its progress if you take a picture of it every few months, and THIS guy is spiking now. Let's see if it'll bloom till summer!
This is my wardii that refuses to open its flower, here's what it looked like nine days ago:
Here's what it looks like now:
And here's my venustum that did exactly like your Maudiae alba and put out a tiny leaf before the spike emerged:
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