Multi floral paphiopedilum spicerianum

[Manu]

Hey everyone, had a follow up question.

The first spike produced 2 flowers. The second flower opened 10 days after the first.

It has 3 more spikes growing and a bunch of other shoots maturing.

The second spike has a bud that is rising and the bract (is that how it's called on a Paph?) of the first flower seems to have stalled in the crown. What is happening to that spike? Is that a form of bud blast? Did it just pause on the first flower? The 3rd spike behind seems to be coming out like the first one with 2 flowers, but it's too early to tell.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words... So I guess this will clarify any confusion :-)






BTW, anyone notice a fragrance on their spicerianum? I thought it wasn't supposed to be fragrant, but from up close I can detect a slight fragrance. I find it quite pleasant, I'd describe it as fresh cigar tobacco, it's very discrete, you really need to get your nose in there.

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Looking in my photos I found this from March 1st. You can see in the bottom left corner the second spike. The one that stalled there was the first one to poke out the. Then came the second one and first one stopped there.