Mottled leaf paphs or?

[Epiphyteme]

I’m basically trying to decide after some research wether it’s worth trying to cultivate paphs from the section barbata or sigmatopetalum species like callosum and a few other warm growing types that don’t need as drastic of a night temperature drop to induce flowering . My room stays about 73-76 during the day and down to 65 at night is about the lowest 50 percent humidity . I was just wondering if it’s worth trying to work with the warmer types or if it’s basicaly a fools errand as far as blooming and I’d be better off with warmer growing stuff.

[MrHappyRotter]

What have you tried and what have you ruled out?

There's lots of misinformation regarding Paphs (well I think that's true for orchids in general but I'll limit the context here) and their care. My growing conditions sound pretty similar to yours in regards to temperatures, and yet I have lots of success with Paphs from a variety of sections. It's a good thing too, because I love Parvisepalums and if I believed everything I read and heard, I might come to the conclusion that they are "cool growers" which is not necessarily true.

I don't know your situation, but if you're interested in a certain Paph (or certain sections) it might just be worth a try. There are definitely some species that are more difficult than others to grow and bloom, but with a little research and perhaps some trial and error I bet you'd be able to figure it out.

[Epiphyteme]

These are basically what I was aiming to try um liltii


appletonianum , , ,
argus ,
barbatum
bougainvilleanum
bullenianum
bullenianum
callosum ,,
ciliolare
dayanum
fowliei
hennisianum
hookerae
hookerae
javanicum
javanicum
lawrenceanum
mastersianum
mohrianum
papuanum
purpuratum
sangii
schoseri
sukhakulii
superbiens
tonsum
tonsum
urbanianum
venustum
violascens
wardii
wentworthianum

[Roberta]

I think part of the confusion about "cool growing orchids" is that there is a big difference between "tolerates cool" - which typically are quite happy with intermediate or even warm conditions even if they will put up with winter chill, and "requires cool" - even those often will tolerate quite a bit of daytime heat if they can cool off somewhat at night.