Paphiopedilum malipoense - Orchid Board

MrHappyRotter · #1 01-31-2015, 11:01 AM

Paphiopedilum malipoense

I can't take credit for the bloom, although I feel like I deserve some credit for the months and months and months of anticipation. It was in low spike back in September when I purchased it.

The flower has been opening up over the course of the past two weeks, and as you can tell, it's still got a lot of opening up to do. I wanted to post photos of it now, because I'm afraid my great-grandchildren might forget to post photos here in about 75 years when the flower is finally fully unfurled.

I can't really provide much in the way of cultural notes or elaborate more on the flower. This is one of my favorite slipper species, and yet, I've failed several times and killed my previous seedlings. This time around, I opted to go for a mature sized plants in hopes that it turns my luck around.

No fragrance yet, but some of these can smell quite wonderful.

If it does fully open in my lifetime, I'll try to get back and post more photos of it.

801229001 · #2 01-31-2015, 11:16 AM

Beautiful! I need to get one of these soon! I have a jackii in low bud right now so I might get a flower in a few months.

billc · #3 01-31-2015, 11:30 AM

Looking good!

Bill

MrHappyRotter · #4 01-31-2015, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 801229001

Beautiful! I need to get one of these soon! I have a jackii in low bud right now so I might get a flower in a few months.

Paph. jackii is really cool, too. I don't think they are legally available in the US, or at least if they are, the legal ones are very hard to find. I wonder how they compare in terms of care/culture ... perhaps one species is generally easier to grow than the other?

801229001 · #5 01-31-2015, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MrHappyRotter

Paph. jackii is really cool, too. I don't think they are legally available in the US, or at least if they are, the legal ones are very hard to find. I wonder how they compare in terms of care/culture ... perhaps one species is generally easier to grow than the other?

Ive heard they are about the same but The only parvis i havent had are malipoense and armeniacum so i dont really know for sure.

NYCorchidman · #6 01-31-2015, 06:27 PM

That's the kind of green I like on malipoense!
I have a small seedling that has been very very slowly adding leaves.
I think I have a long road ahead before I see it flower. The leaves are cute to look at, I'm not bored so far.

How slow/fast are jackii??
I want to grow them. Are then scented just like malipoense??