A few Paphs in Bloom

[NYCorchidman]

Many paphs are coming into bloom and spike now that the hot summer is gone.

I'm posting a few that just opened last week.

The first one is my kind of paph when it comes to the shape. The tone of green is not to my liking though.
The other two has nice deep green.

I was very excited about the dark one in bud seeing the lateral sepal being unusually large. Now that it's open, I'm not too excited.

Second from the last one, I love it a lot!
Very unique look and color. The natural spread is 6 inch.
Thing is it's one of those flowers that wants to nod a little.
I spiked it up so it will face me but in a matter of one day, it nods again. Oh, well...

The last one is still in the process of opening.
I really like this kind of color combo.

[judith_arquette]

Wow! Such beauties! Love them all but the deep maroon color of the one in the 4th pic makes it my fav. Just gorgeous

[WhiteRabbit]

Beautiful!

*keep your fingers crossed for me - I think there are sheaths on my two strapped leaf Paphs - got them as seedlings some years ago; haven't bloomed yet*

[The Orchidist]

Lookin good the top one is identical to mine , keeps sprouting new leafs , no sign of spike yet , although mine bloomed dec of 2013 ,so it may come soon .

[tarev]

Love them all!

[terracotta7]

Wow! What a display! they are all very nice!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by judith_arquette

Wow! Such beauties! Love them all but the deep maroon color of the one in the 4th pic makes it my fav. Just gorgeous

That one has a few siblings that are coming into spike also.
Well, actually one opened today.
I'll post pictures soon. It's even prettier.

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Beautiful!

*keep your fingers crossed for me - I think there are sheaths on my two strapped leaf Paphs - got them as seedlings some years ago; haven't bloomed yet*

What are they??
Bull dog? Multi-floral? species paph??
Whatever it is, you must be thrilled after nursing them for all this time!

Almost all my bull dogs are in sheath as well and my only strap leaf species, henryanum is beginning to open.
I'm so excited!!!

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Originally Posted by Steve_Ljak

Lookin good the top one is identical to mine , keeps sprouting new leafs , no sign of spike yet , although mine bloomed dec of 2013 ,so it may come soon .

You got a nice one, then.

It may spike any time now. It takes about one year or less to bloom for the second time. Rarely over one year.
Then, after the second bloom, these tend to bloom quite often.

Some of them are just slow or they want to grow into a little clump before flowering again, and this type makes a great show because it sends up a few spikes at the same time at relatively a young age.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by tarev

Love them all!

I'm about to toss #3.

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Originally Posted by terracotta7

Wow! What a display! they are all very nice!

Thank you!

[WhiteRabbit]

They are both Paph Oto, a bulldog type. They were one plant, that I accidentally separated the two fans last year when I repotted . I am thrilled that they are thinking of blooming finally!

And fingers crossed that Paph delanatii will hopefully bloom soon!

[NYCorchidman]

I hope they open up pretty!
Now you have two plants!

I thought delenatii was a spring bloomer.
Is yours in spike at the moment??

I have a bunch of delenatii seedlings that might bloom next year.

My Norito Hasegawa, Pink Sky, Delrosi might bloom soon.
Although my Delrosi had a teaser leaf last time and this dark tinted new grow might again be a teaser leaf, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[RosieC]

Really lovely, I think the second one is my favourite.

I have a dark red one just starting to open at the moment, which is amazing as my orchids have been neglected the last couple of months. Hopefully I'll be able to get a shot of it, however the current neglect extends to not getting photos of the ones that are open so don't hold your breath