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Many paph hobbyists have misunderstandings on the cultural environment on this species. It requires relatively strong light intensity, high air humidity but medium to low humidity in the pot. If you grow it dim and water it heavily or use good water preserving growing material for them, you...

I have been growing it for about 5 years and it is the third time bloom before me. The spike is more than 1 meter and produces 5 cute flowers for me this time. Enjoy.

Thanks for my friend for providing fresh plant for my trying. Finally success in blooming a randsii after 2 years of my caring.

It depends on which subsection and species. For example, I am concentrating on multifloral paphs. Except sanderianum, I grow them under strong light intensity. if the plant fully adapt strong light, it will become stronger and produce bigger and more flower count. Of course water them...

3 of them are famous cross in Taiwan, of which two of them are “Prince x Queen” and one of them is “Queen x self”. The remaining two with comparatively inferior quality are from WanChiao’s breeding line. Parents are unknown.

Some of these are in impressive quality. Enjoy!

From the leaves and flower's traits, I bet it is Bel Royal (kolopakingii x roths)

Thanks for the tips. You are right the plant is much smaller than a regular haynaldianum, lighter color on the petal but not the pouch. Still not sure whether it is the variation or not.

I had bought this from Mainshow Orchid in Taiwan last year and the seller told me that this seedling comes from a selfing of wild plant many years ago. It does not look like an ordinary haynaldianum but a bit like it’s variation laurae. Can any expert give me enlightenment on it?

I note that there are red dots on the petals near the base of the dorsal. It is not a pure albino type of philippinese but is classified as semi-album in my opinion. However, all philippinese “album” have the same problem and cannot be used as an albino type parent for breeding. laevigatum...

This is one of the famous old Saint Swithin clones from Taiwan. It produces 3 spikes with a total of 17 flowers this year. Enjoy.

My place’s summer months are from May to October. In fact the temperature is too high (more than 33 degrees) causing it to stop growing that is same as my other multifloral paphs. However, the growing speed is really much slower than other paphs may be due to the special habitat of this species.

I know it is important to preserve some ooii shoots as they are very rare in the habitat now. Actually, I have a chance to obtain 50 fresh shoots from the origin last year and I put many of them in my friend’s highland garden in Indonesia. It is extremely difficult for them to establish though...

I had a chance to get a few ooii from Indonesia 4 years ago. Unfortunately, all plants were in critical condition when they come to me. After extra caring for 4 years, I recently begin to repot them and I am pleased to see some new roots on the plant. The old growth only has 1 leaf left while...

Too much fertiliser maybe

I saw the division grown by in charm Hsiao can produce up to 5 flowers per spike. I can grow up to 3 at this moment.

Thanks for the views from Martin and Justin. I think it tends to be a laevigatum as the leaves of the plant are very long and thin. But the flower trait seems a bit like a palawanensis so I am confused about it.

It is definitely not top quality plant at present, though it’s not inferior at all. It’s cross is “butterfly” x “PT1”

It is not an albino type of kolopakingii. It is the big clump of topperi that you had kindly given your assessment last year. It flowers to me every year.

It is a division.