A few paphs in bud

[silken]

Lovely buds and blooms! My Paphs grow so slow!

[NYCorchidman]

The third one pictured in the above post is pushing up its spike fast! This shot was taken today.

The second picture shows the same plant in the first picture of the original post. You can see the bud smooth and shiny as opposed to others that are usually fuzzy.

The last two pics show the same plant in bud from the original post.

Sorry about the confusing order of pictures.

Enjoy~

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by silken

Lovely buds and blooms! My Paphs grow so slow!

My Armeni White is testing my patience. Growth stopped for nearly two months and now it is growing again.

Other than that, most of my paphs are either complex or maudiae type. Most of them grow at reasonably rate and I am not that patient.

It seems like paph (almost all of mine) have either very short rest or continuously grow (although growth rate differ by season, spring and fall being the best for them)

One of my vinis, not pictured in this thread, only grew two small leaves in the past one year!
I am thinking of getting that one tested for virus.
I still keep that one just because the flower was so nice!

What kind of paphs do you grow? some are terribly slow I hear. I really really want Delrosi, but I heard it is VERY slow like 10 years to reach maturity.
So I'm not sure if that means once it reaches maturity, flowering will be on regular schedule or what.
I haven't decided whether I want to grow Delrosi after being scared off by what I read.

For now, I am more than happy with my maudiae types (my favorites!) and green complex.