My Intro to Paph World

[GeorgiaVL]

Paph. delenatii. Cannot take credit for the bloom, perhaps if I can keep this alive and re bloom in the future.

Was going to post another photo. But it is showing up sideways.

Edit:
I posted this as My intro to Paph World

[NYCorchidman]

I doubt that is delenatii.
I think it is either vietnamense or Ho Chi Minh, which is a hybrid of the two.

Good luck! and one of many to come.

[lotis146]

Very pretty.

I also wish you good luck, no doubt you'll find some more you'll just have to have. 'Pink Fred' was my second and I've had it in bloom for about 6 weeks, the teeny tiny new growth seems to have just started to grow more. Seems easy enough, oh yeah and it's multifloral. (Just in case you were looking around for more...'President Fred' is about to open...gonna be good...)

[GeorgiaVL]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I doubt that is delenatii.
I think it is either vietnamense or Ho Chi Minh, which is a hybrid of the two.

Good luck! and one of many to come.

Found this one at a farmers market in DC. Perhaps the plant was tagged incorrectly. Whatever her name is, i just hope I can keep her alive. If this is a hybrid, is there a difference in culture/care? Any suggestions I should keep in mind to keep her healthy and rebloom in the future?

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Originally Posted by lotis146

Very pretty.

I also wish you good luck, no doubt you'll find some more you'll just have to have. 'Pink Fred' was my second and I've had it in bloom for about 6 weeks, the teeny tiny new growth seems to have just started to grow more. Seems easy enough, oh yeah and it's multifloral. (Just in case you were looking around for more...'President Fred' is about to open...gonna be good...)

Thank you Lotis. Yes, I definitely am looking for more. But, first I need to learn more about their culture/care. Post pics of your 'President Fred' once the flower opens.

[eggshells]

I agree with Orchidman. Not delenatii but a Ho Chi Minh which is delenatii x vietnamense.

[NYCorchidman]

Pink Fred is considered sequential, not multi.
Sequential paphs will have multiple flowers on a spike, but only one or two will be open at a time.
Multis (like Rothschildianum) will have a few flowers all open at the same time.

Anyways, HCM and two species that make up for that hybrid should be all pretty low maintenance and easy to grow and bloom.

Do you grow any other orchids??

Give it bright light but not direct sun.
Water when the potting mix is dry or approaches dry, and never keep them bone dry too long. That is no no for these plants especially when they are in active growth, in spike or in bloom.
They usually do not last that long in bloom, so you don't want to further shorten up the already short life span of the flower. lol

Temperature: what you feel comfortable is good. avoid any extremes. During winter, you can keep them a bit cooler, but not cold. also, water less during this time, especially if you plan to keep them on the cooler side. otherwise, root rot will set in.

It should flower once a year in the spring into early summer usually.

Good luck!

Is yours fragrant by the way??

[lotis146]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Pink Fred is considered sequential, not multi.
Sequential paphs will have multiple flowers on a spike, but only one or two will be open at a time.
Multis (like Rothschildianum) will have a few flowers all open at the same time.

Anyways, HCM and two species that make up for that hybrid should be all pretty low maintenance and easy to grow and bloom.

Do you grow any other orchids??

Give it bright light but not direct sun.
Water when the potting mix is dry or approaches dry, and never keep them bone dry too long. That is no no for these plants especially when they are in active growth, in spike or in bloom.
They usually do not last that long in bloom, so you don't want to further shorten up the already short life span of the flower. lol

Temperature: what you feel comfortable is good. avoid any extremes. During winter, you can keep them a bit cooler, but not cold. also, water less during this time, especially if you plan to keep them on the cooler side. otherwise, root rot will set in.

It should flower once a year in the spring into early summer usually.

Good luck!

Is yours fragrant by the way??

Thanks for the correction. I thought sequentials only held one flower at a time, thus my belief that 'Pink Fred' is multi because it had 3 flowers at one time. Was a little surprised however when it dropped one before the 4th came in; couple weeks after that maybe the 2nd dropped. Now 2 blooms left and your correction helps me to make a little more sense of it.

[NYCorchidman]

Also, when people use "multifloral" paphs, they are completely different group of plants, such as rothschildianum, stonei, phillippinense, lowii...

Your hybrid might have a few open at the same time, but it is still not considered "multi" because there is no multi paphs in its breeding background.

It has primulinum as a parent, which belongs to the group cochlopetalum, which is commonly referred to as a sequential flowering paph.

[GeorgiaVL]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Pink Fred is considered sequential, not multi.
Sequential paphs will have multiple flowers on a spike, but only one or two will be open at a time.
Multis (like Rothschildianum) will have a few flowers all open at the same time.

Anyways, HCM and two species that make up for that hybrid should be all pretty low maintenance and easy to grow and bloom.

Do you grow any other orchids??

Give it bright light but not direct sun.
Water when the potting mix is dry or approaches dry, and never keep them bone dry too long. That is no no for these plants especially when they are in active growth, in spike or in bloom.
They usually do not last that long in bloom, so you don't want to further shorten up the already short life span of the flower. lol

Temperature: what you feel comfortable is good. avoid any extremes. During winter, you can keep them a bit cooler, but not cold. also, water less during this time, especially if you plan to keep them on the cooler side. otherwise, root rot will set in.

It should flower once a year in the spring into early summer usually.

Good luck!

Is yours fragrant by the way??

My other orchids are mostly Neofinetia, Phals, some Cattleya, and others. Currently, I have this Paph in a terrarium with Exoterra canopy light. The temp in the terrarium hovers at mid to above 70s during the day and low 60s at night. However, in the winter it can go as low as 50s at night because the room is not heated.

Water: I use mostly rain water for my orchids and feed them Ray's Kelpmax, seaweed liquid for plants, urea free fert, and I recently bought some K-lite. I feed my orchids maybe once a month.

Potting media: I am trying to transition my orchids to CHC mixed with charcoal and sponge rocks. I am even experimenting with my Neo (so far the ones that I repotted in CHC are happily growing). I plan on repotting this Paph in CHC as soon as it is finished blooming.

This Paph will be receiving whatever I give my other orchids. Hopefully, it will be happy and thrive for me.

I don't detect any fragrance. Are they suppose to be? I'll try in the morning. The fragrance of most of my orchids are intense before noon :-) just like my roses.

Time to hunt for the real Paph delenatii. I researched it in the Internet and it looks very pretty, I just have to have one. Oh boy, time to take out a second mortgage

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

The true Paph delenatii has "round" petals. They are held out horizontally, and aren't down swept. Paph delenatii has petals that have soft edges and are rounded, and are not as angular as those of Paph Ho Chi Minh or Paph vienamense.

The colors on Paph Ho Chi Minh lean more towards those of Paph vietnamense.