Paphiopedilum Identification
 

Need help with the identification of my newest Paphiopedilum...

It looks kinda similar to the nigritum, which has little to no info on care or otherwise on IOSPE....

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rchid2copy.jpg

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sorry kiddo. its a hybird. probably next to impossible to identify. id say its probably got venustum or sukhakulii in it or possibly argus. wish I could be of more help. maybe someone else will have an idea. :scratchhead: :dunno:

Kinda what I figured, but that's pretty common... A lot of hybrids out there... Thanks though :) I still love it :) I suppose that I'll do the basic orchid care on it... probably only water it once every 6-8 days or so..??..

i water my paphs twice a week. just depends on your culture at home. paphs don't like to dry out and they don't like to be soggy either. so your going to need to find a balance there. is this your first paph?

Yeah, all of my other orchids are miniatures that I keep in my Dart Frog Vivariums. So a little different than what I'm used to.

ok we'll I'll give you my 2 cents on paphs. Ive got about 40 of them. I use a medium size bark mix and mix a little broken up tree fern in with it. For watering I water 2x a week in the winter and during the summer if its a little on the dry side I may sneak an extra watering in there. during the week. I use distilled water with MSU fertilizer at half strength once a week in the winter and every watering during the summer growth season. As far as lighting, my paphs are primarily in with the rest of the orchids. I even have a few next to some cattleyas and brassavola hybrids. Both bloom well and nobody burns. I know several other paph growers that do the same. Others will tell you to use low light, and I know of one commercial grower that has shade cloth up the middle of his greenhouse just to protect the paphs. So experiment a little and see what works for you. And I def keep them at the warmer end of my grow room on an inside wall and closer to the heat vent. Any questions just fire away, I'll see what I can do. Good luck :)

This looks startlingly familiar, or at least pretty close:

Paphiopedilum Hybrids other than Primary Hybrids

Cheers,
Aus.