SlipperKing
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delenatii tree
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Mount it to some cork or epiweb?
Tom-DE
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Get rid of that weirdo!
Rick, its a Renanthera disguised as a Paph. delenatii. This is a unique plant......worldwide.
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KyushuCalanthe
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FANTASTIC! I'd bring it in for judging. There must some kind of cultural award for such a specimen.
eds
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How stiff is it? Could it lay on a tray of media and would it root from the nodes and produce a forest of new growths?
Wait till it blooms and see lol.
SlipperKing
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Aaaahhh a mission! Everyone needs a mission. Goooooo SK!
emydura
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That's incredible Rick. I have never seen the like. How long have you been growing it like this?
bad hormones
Tom-DE
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Lab experiment for Mr. Stiff?
perhaps it is an appropriate treatment if you have plenty of real estate!!!
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I had a Paph that did that and roots would die…refused to bloom! Took it to Paph expert and he said he had never seen the like and short of mounting it sideways on sphagnum, it couldn’t root from the nodes which he said was necessary to get more blooms. He said it basically climbed out of the pot, and genetically was all wrong! I can’t remember what the breeding was but had a lot of red in the flower
Fascinating.
Maybe air-layer it?
I hate when Paphs do that. Too often in my apartment. May be a light thing. Good luck.
SlipperKing
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I was up buying 4 bags of bark at a local nurseryman and he gave the plant to me. I've only had it for a day.
Looks like etiolation to me. I wonder if they had it in a really dark area and it was just climbing towards the light. Chlorosis is also a characteristic of etiolation which makes me think it’s this.
Pray it doesn't go trough the roof! Such a weird plant. Looks like it's on heavy steroids.
Hope you find a way to tame this wild one.
