Paph adductum easy or hard?

[jjkOC]

After reading through some old threads, I'm still left wondering if P. adductum is easy to grow but super slow, or it is difficult to keep alive let alone grow to specimen size.

I would like to hear from those who are growing the compact P. adductum, rather than the anitum variety.

Thank you and hope to hear from some one soon!

 

[carrilloenglish]

I have three adductums in my collection. I do not find them to be any harder (or easier) to grow than other multiflorals but they are much slooooooower growing. They possibly are the slowest multifloral paph. Needless to say I have never bloomed one. Two are large seedlings and one is NBS.

 

[jjkOC]

Hi Christian! Thanks for sharing your experience. So it's really slow
How long do you think it takes to reach blooming size?

 

[carrilloenglish]

Well it all depends on what size you get the plant at. I would say that 12-15 in leaf span is BS for an adductum. I have heard of them blooming on smaller plants but with disappointing results.

The hardest thing about adductum is finding them for sale in the states. That can even be harder than growing them.

The rewards of having a blooming adductum make it well worth the wait though.

 

[Rick]

I just got a couple of adductum seedlings from Fox Valley about the beginning of this year. I also got a randsii seedling from Tom.

I potted them up in the sphag/basket system I've been going nuts about since the beginning of this year. I'd say they were 4"ls when I got them and one is now over 6"ls with 2 new leaves. The other is lagging with only 1 new leave and about 5".

So at this (3 month) growth rate they are keeping up with most of my other multis. It would be great if we could have Tom Kalina or Sam Tsui add their thoughts since they are breeding them.

 

[fibre]

I have three adductum plants in one pot. Only one of them is growing well. This plant flowered 2009 after about 10 years without a bloom. Last year a new fan started growing and I hope it will flower this year or at least in 2012, but the old fan now starts to die. The leavespan is about 10 inch.

 

[Shiva]

I have adductum var. anitum and it is a slow grower. It seems to respond better now with a bit more light than I was giving it.

 

[SlipperKing]

As mention, slow growers but not all clones. I have three that all started off about the same size. One has jumped ahead of the others. Two points to take home; buy multiple plants if you can and buy seed grown F2's or F3's if you can. I found seed grown much easier then collected material.

 

[Paphman910]

I have adductum var anitum and they are slow growers under my warm conditions. It has put out only 3 leaf in 8 months. Even my Paph stonei grew even faster!

I contacted Tom and Sam two months ago regarding adductum and Sam said he doesn't have any but Tom may have a few left.

Paphman910

 

[Justin]

If you have a source for adductum, you should grab them! They are not often seen for sale.

They are extreeeeeeeeeeemely slow growing. I agree they may be one of the slowest paph species. I also have found that they like pure water, such as R/O.

good luck.

 

[eOrchids]

I have two adductums and have to agree with everyone else, they are extremely slow growing.

 

[Rick]

I have adductum var anitum and they are slow growers under my warm conditions. It has put out only 3 leaf in 8 months. Even my Paph stonei grew even faster!

I contacted Tom and Sam two months ago regarding adductum and Sam said he doesn't have any but Tom may have a few left.

Paphman910

I purchased some seedlings from Sam probably about 3-4 years ago, (lost them after a couple of years) He only had a small number available at the time. Did he say anything about having any adults?

 

[Rick]

I have three adductum plants in one pot. Only one of them is growing well. This plant flowered 2009 after about 10 years without a bloom. Last year a new fan started growing and I hope it will flower this year or at least in 2012, but the old fan now starts to die. The leavespan is about 10 inch.

Is 10-12 inches a blooming size growth?

 

[Rick]

I have adductum var anitum and they are slow growers under my warm conditions. It has put out only 3 leaf in 8 months. Even my Paph stonei grew even faster!

I contacted Tom and Sam two months ago regarding adductum and Sam said he doesn't have any but Tom may have a few left.

Paphman910

3 new leaves in 8 months? What is the lenght of these leaves? That doesn't sound that slow.???

 

[Heather]

I had one adductum and it was extremely slow. I don't think I had the culture right, frankly. I think Brian has it now…how's it doing Brian?

 

[Shiva]

I have adductum var anitum and they are slow growers under my warm conditions. It has put out only 3 leaf in 8 months. Even my Paph stonei grew even faster!

I contacted Tom and Sam two months ago regarding adductum and Sam said he doesn't have any but Tom may have a few left.

Paphman910

My! That's fast. Mine is growing slower than the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[likespaphs]

...I think Brian has it now…how's it doing Brian?

no comment

:sob:

 

[jjkOC]

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. I read recently on another forum that one grower has had much success using rockwool in their growing mix, which also included bark and sphagnum. This person also commented that the adductum is prone to bacterial infection, and using blooming-fertilizer (low nitrogen) helped also. Sorry, this is all I could gather as the post was written in french.

Any comments on these culturing conditions?

 

[Paphman910]

3 new leaves in 8 months? What is the lenght of these leaves? That doesn't sound that slow.???

It was really in poor shape when I got it at an orchid show. It had two leafs that measured 7 inches leafspan but the new leaf was only 2 inch long. It had only 2-3 live roots. The new leaves are about the same size as the new leaf. Not much root growth activity is driving me nuts!

It is growing in a mixture of tree fern, sphagnum moss, crushed coral with pumice as drainage. I plan on putting more moss topdressing to see if new roots will start!

Paphman910

 

[Paphman910]

I purchased some seedlings from Sam probably about 3-4 years ago, (lost them after a couple of years) He only had a small number available at the time. Did he say anything about having any adults?

He mentioned only seedlings.

Paphman910