New to Paphs and need advice
 

I now have a few Paphs. Thought they looked weird to begin with, but am swiftly falling in love. I am trying to figure out where to look to know if they are sequential bloomers, multi-floral, etc. Any ideas?

Try these for starters:


Complex Hybrid Info & Photos


Paphiopedilum & Phragmipedium Intro Page - AnTec Laboratory

Maybe this will help someone out there help me. This is what I have so far:

paph Oberhausen's Diament (primulinum x sanderianum)

Paph gigantifolium x sanderianum

(Paph Supersuk 'Eureka' AM?AOS x Paph Raisin Pie 'Hsinying') x sib

Paph Hsinying Glory '#2' x Paph Magic Leopard '#3'

Thanks for any information you can give me.

The first two crosses are multiflorals; primulinum is usually a sequential bloomer, sanderianum usually opens all of its buds at once (or over a few days...); I am not sure about gigantifolium, though I believe that this might be a synonym of another species...
The other two are Maudiae type hybrids if I remember, and will usually just throw one flower per spike in my experience. Hopefully others will chime in with more details for you.
Good growing,
Adam

That is a very thorough source! I like paphs but I don't seem to have as much luck with them as I do with Phals and Dens

Thank you very much Adam. The gigantifolium x sanderianum was sold to me as a Paph Chiu Hua Dancer. Hope I didn't get took on that one. Good to know the deets on them though!

Gigantifolium is a species, I looked it up when I got home; the hybrid name that you have is correct; it was registered in 2009.

Thanks, Adam. It was probably my most expensive purchase so I am glad it was label correctly (I hope). I expected it to be labeled with the hybrid name, so when it wasn't I was a bit worried.

Adam is correct with all that great information he gave you. What I can give you a couple of pics of P. Chiu Hua Dancer, I have this plant and it's great, although I haven't rebloomed it, bought it in sheath.... Jim.

Thanks alot, Jim. Now I am even more jealous. I am so hoping mine does ok. It is a single growth and one leaf yellowed and died shortly after I got it. It hasn't seemed to decline since, but it hasn't seemed to do anything either. Fingers crossed.