Paph Gode Froyea care

[kindrag23]

Okay lost my care sheet for my paph..... I think I will put it in my little hanging basket that is on my window...It is West Facing and gets plenty of humidity and BRIGHT evening sun.

Any suggestions?

Also its main root system fell off so there are only two decent ones left. So hopefully, when seaweed extract comes in it will perk back up..it is in bloom and has new leaf growth.

[The Orchid Boy]

Check out these links:

Quick Start - Buying and Growing Your First Paph.

Cats and Catts: Brachypetalum -- Church of the Subgenus

They're a little bit to read and are full of great info.

[naoki]

Within Paphs, Brachypetalum is a group which is a bit more difficult to grow. They could be ok for a few years, but keeping them going for a long time seems to be a challenge for many people. Within Brachy, P. bellatulum group (P. concolor is another species) seems to be easier (at least to me) than P. niveum group (P. godefroyeae and P. leucochilum is others in this group).

P. niveum group seems to end up in root rots easily, so I use fairly chunky bark based mix. And watering during the winter seems to be pretty difficult (keep it drier than other Paphs). Also, it is good idea to use pretty pure water. Salt accumulation will desiccate and kill the roots (if the soil has higher TDS concentration than root cells, water can move out from roots). So using low-concentration or no fertilizer is probably important for this group.

Here is Dr. Tanaka's info about Brachy culture. It is a bit unconventional, and I'm scared to try his method, but it contains good info.
enPaph's culture

If you have 2 solid roots, and if you can keep RH fairly high (can you keep 70-80%?), it will probably recover.

I personally think that maintaining good growing environment (and don't kill the root) is more important than using rooting hormones. I hope yours will grow well!

[kindrag23]

It looks like there may be a small root growing that I saw last night, but i am not sure.