Paphiopedilum Hennisianum

[Zildjian]

blooming season looks like our cold season. i read some tips to put it in moderate light and to reduce watering to induce it to bloom.

[Zildjian]

check the link below

A BEGINNERS VIEW OF PAPHIOPEDILUM CULTURE

[boyong]

Originally Posted by Zildjian

blooming season looks like our cold season. i read some tips to put it in moderate light and to reduce watering to induce it to bloom.

Originally Posted by Zildjian

check the link below

A BEGINNERS VIEW OF PAPHIOPEDILUM CULTURE

thanks for the info and the link

[Zildjian]

My adductum has a spike? pic to follow. how's yours?

anyway, there are more native paph as we thought. Just got myself a philippinense with spike.

[boyong]

Originally Posted by Zildjian

My adductum has a spike? pic to follow. how's yours?

anyway, there are more native paph as we thought. Just got myself a philippinense with spike.

sad to say none yet the adductum i acquired has just finished flowering when i bought it. new leaves seems to take forever to grow

[Zildjian]

Originally Posted by boyong

sad to say none yet the adductum i acquired has just finished flowering when i bought it. new leaves seems to take forever to grow

same with me when I bought the adductum. looks like the plant was happy on the location and the media i used. i actually replaced the fern chips media with a osmunda fiber and moss on top. it was placed on a dark area somehow with access to sunlight only in the afternoon. sometimes I forget to water it and the media becomes too dry at times. the plant seems to like it though.

the philippinense i got just last saturday is in a clay pot with volcanic rock as the medium. i think volcanic or lava rock is the best medium for paph based from my googling paphs culture. adding limestone on top would make it excellent and no need to repot. i'm now in hunt of volcanic rock and limestone but no luck yet. just in case you can acquire volcanic rock and limestone repot your paph to it.

[Zildjian]

here's the pic of the adductum in spike.

[boyong]

Originally Posted by Zildjian

here's the pic of the adductum in spike.

congrats on your new spike

mine's old leaves has it's old spike from the previous blooms, so i'll just have to wait for the new leaves to grow and hope it produce spike soon

[Zildjian]

thanks boyong.

the leaves of the old growth with spike of this adductum has wilted and was actually badly beaten. good thing that new growths progressed well. now the waiting to see the first bloom is on...pics to come in 6 to 8 weeks time.