NOID Paphiopedlium Keiki's?

[Dendy83]

Thank you very much! So you would leave the top two (I have a growth on both stems) alone for as long as possible?

Second question, the leaves on the main plant are looking faded, does that mean it is not getting enough light or too much?

Thank you again for your response, I wish there was more out there about Paph's and new growths regarding care.

[aliceinwl]

When was the last time it was repotted? I wouldn’t try to divide the plant, but if you could repot in such a way that the new growths are able to send down roots into the substrate that might help.

I’ve read that Paphs producing elevated new growths like this is symptomatic of them needing to be repotted.

Once the original growth has bloomed, it won’t bloom again and over the course of time will slowly die. The leaf fading sounds natural. The new growths are also natural, but mine have never been this elevated.

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If I’m interpreting your photo correctly it’s looking like the new growths are on an elevated runner, not old flower stalks.

[Dendy83]

Thank you both very much. I included a photo of one of the upper growths before I wrapped it in moss.



I'm not sure about the sizing issue, it looks fine on my PC...I did this image a bit smaller I think. Hopefully that helps.

Anyways, I received this from a friend about 3 years ago. I repotted it when I received it in a mixture of bark and sphagnum moss. I'm not sure if it's my watering schedule (once a week they get a soak, about once a month they get light fertilizer), the media, or the lighting, but it never seemed truly happy in my care. It did eventually bloom though, so I guess that's something. I have not repotted it since. When I got it had the two plants in the one pot and so I left them like that.

Would you recommend repotting, or letting the new growths get bigger then repotting?