I have this plant in the Phils. It is a big plant but not strong enough to have big spikes. Hopefully next season I can get it to flower again.
Paph adductum
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The plant looks better than most see in the US! Killer flowers too.
This species, including anitum and randsii grow really big in the wild. Most of the plants I have seen have two leads ahead of the flowering plant. They grow so fast considering that they flower every year. We are missing a lot here as to the nutrition of these species. I have seen locals growing them in soil, some in unwashed coconut husk and although they are not growing as big, they are alive never the less. I will definitely do some experiments. One thing I know now, they love to be rained on. Not just for a few hours , even days of rain. They root easily in my greenhouse when I let them get rained on for hours.
Great flowers !
mrhappyrotter
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We don't see much of regular ole adductum anymore these days, so I'm glad to see it's still being grown and enjoyed in cultivation. Honestly I half assume that the "secret" to growing these kinds of species is just consistent warmth (along with humidity and lots of water) that's tough to provide in standard indoor growing conditions in temperate parts of the world. Pretty much all my multifloral Paphs go crazy with growing during the warmer months of the year, but once they come indoors for fall/winter, even though it's not particularly cold, they slow to a crawl.
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Where in phils are you located?
Great looking plant/ flowers. I wonder how many of these in cultivation suffer from inbreeding depression as well.
Great looking plant/ flowers. I wonder how many of these in cultivation suffer from inbreeding depression as well.
Visayas Islands, one of them island.
growing in their natural environment, the tropics, is a lot different to what most of us can achieve
For sure. Water qualiry is number one. But nutrition is still a lot to be learned.
MStruwig
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One thing I don't see tried and tested is volcanic rock/soils?
troy
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I love your adductum, that huge chin pouch is cool, I have a anitum x S-gratrix going into flower I got from sarkowsky in 2016
Exciting, gratrix makes beautiful hybrid with multis.
Nice to hear from you.
I have these two selected clones crossed. Hopefully I can get some good seeds.
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Amazing color. All going well hopefully you'll be able to select some vigorous seedlings too. The photo on my profile is an adductum from an orchid zone sibling cross I had many years ago. Sadly lost more through neglect - I recall it was a little slow but grew fine. But nowhere near the color of your clones. My favorite species if I can ever find another. Great work!
Thanks. Hopefully, that's my goal. Then we can all grow this beautiful species and enjoy. It will probably need many sib crosses for this species to adapt to our greenhouse environment. But it's a start.
Indeed, the colouration of these two selected clones is amazing.
Good luck !
What a beast!
