Paph. spicerianum first time bloom (sort of)

[Orquiadicto]

About a month ago, I also bought one at the Barcelona Orchid Show. It was in bud on a stem of about 15 cm. I don't know why, but the bud blasted. It has just 1 growth that was blooming and a second smaller growth. Do they bloom on the newest growth, or can they rebloom from older growths?

[The Orchid Boy]

If an older growth has already bloomed then it won't bloom again from that growth.

And nice blooms.

[Rowangreen]

Oh bad luck Orchuiadicto. I think I've been very lucky with mine: it was actually wrapped for 2 days after I got it, so I was half expecting the flower to be gone when I got home! It has a crack on the side of the pouch from wrapping but it hardly shows (it's in the picture I think). I hope yours starts working on a new bud soon. Did you get it from Roelke? I got mine from them. I think mine would have been worth the price I paid out of flower: hope that's true for you too!

Silken, agree with what you say. I think yours is more 'showy' compared to mine, but definitely not so far that way. Also definitely think a flat dorsal would be a loss: did you see the pic on that article showing spicy dorsals from above? It's almost like having two flowers in one! Would love to see a whole plant pic when you can.

I wouldn't like to tell anyone what they should like, that's personal taste. And I guess having some 'rules' makes judging a lot easier. But for me fatter/rounder/flatter/bigger does not equal better.

[Orquiadicto]

Originally Posted by Rowangreen

Oh bad luck Orchuiadicto. I think I've been very lucky with mine: it was actually wrapped for 2 days after I got it, so I was half expecting the flower to be gone when I got home! It has a crack on the side of the pouch from wrapping but it hardly shows (it's in the picture I think). I hope yours starts working on a new bud soon. Did you get it from Roelke? I got mine from them. I think mine would have been worth the price I paid out of flower: hope that's true for you too!

Silken, agree with what you say. I think yours is more 'showy' compared to mine, but definitely not so far that way. Also definitely think a flat dorsal would be a loss: did you see the pic on that article showing spicy dorsals from above? It's almost like having two flowers in one! Would love to see a whole plant pic when you can.

I wouldn't like to tell anyone what they should like, that's personal taste. And I guess having some 'rules' makes judging a lot easier. But for me fatter/rounder/flatter/bigger does not equal better.

No, I didn't get it from Roelke. I got it from a Spanish grower, Orientyorchids. It's doing well now, so I hope I'll get flowers next season.

[Lagoon]

Beautiful little paph

[eggshells]

Beautiful paph species! I like it.

[tucker85]

Beautiful paph and a great photograph also.

[silken]

Thanks for looking everyone.

We're taking our computer in for maintenance so I will post a picture of the entire plant and 2nd flower when we get it back???

[Rowangreen]

Hope it's not too long!

[silken]

Our computer is back on line now. Turns out it was the fan in the video card.

I attached a couple more pics of my Paph. For some reason it looks like the 2nd bud is blasting. I don't know why it would get close to opening and then blast I didn't get a very good photo of the plant but you can see the length of the flower stem compared to a fairly small plant with 2 mature fans and a couple smaller ones. I thought I'd throw in another pic from a different angle too.