You’re very kind! I bumbled through. I do think this is an ok first bloom, given that I had to move my whole collection in the heat of summer. I’ll definitely wait and see what comes from a larger plant. I have a feeling there will be several spiking in the spring and there’s a fair amount of variation among their leaves’ sizes and texture so I’m looking forward to seeing more results. Thank you very much for the kind encouragement!
first ever flask, Paphiopedilum fairrieanum question
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If I had it to do over again, I would have just planted all in a compot. I’d also have been more liberal early on with using KelPak. That stuff really boosts. Love to see your baby too. Those roots are just confounding! I’ll have to repot all of them again around April and am already not looking forward. Thinking of getting some seedling-side orchiata and large perlite and trying that out; I have a P. purpuratum going strong for 6 years in orchiata.Congratulations on getting a bloom!! The single fairrieanum I have was a baby barely out of flask (unbeknownst to me when I bought it) and I can definitely relate to the horrifyingly thin and brittle roots.12 out of 15 is honestly still pretty impressive to me. Looking forward to further updates!!
The compot seems smart! I'm squirreling all this info away for when I do a flask, haha. Lots of good info on this forum!
I am finally noticing some lengthening leaves on my baby. Here's a before and after! When I got it last spring vs now. It did have a decent amount of leaves, so I'm guessing it was hardened off at least, but it was soo small and had three scraggly brittle roots! I'll make a post about it when I repot this spring, hopefully an improvement post with more roots. It has recently survived a thrips invasion as well as a move and some drier spells as well as unfortunately having to use occasional city water out of necessity during all this. I'm hoping if I baby it, it will take off! Weird reflection on the upper right leaf in the newer picture, not a mark like it looks like.
Aww that looks great to me. I see the thrips damage but I see that it has grown. No mites, right? I’m guessing not. That’s a lot of growth in a short time! Mine have all been ssssssssssssslowwwwwww. You probably saw earlier advice in this thread but everyone says do not ever intentionally divide this species. Too many people have told me that for me to doubt it. Anyway, congratulations and it’s great to see your baby. Can’t quite tell scale but honestly mine aren’t much larger than yours; the one that bloomed does have 9 leaves, though.
A little dusty, I don't think there are mites but I intend to treat everything for them anyway shortly because my humidity has been low and I am suspicious of everything post-thrips.
Thank you!! I have also heard to never divide, and don't plan to! I guess that might apply to the compot situation in the beginning as well, somewhat. They are just delicate little things.
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