Had one for almost 20 years that was always sickly and trying to die no matter what I did or grew it in, flowering only twice in all that time and finally just dying off slowly. Got this one as a replacement a couple years ago. It seems to be a much more robust, floriferous plant, having bloomed last year and then again this year with three flowers on a four-growth plant.
Paph.bellatulum
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Lovely flower, well done.
That's a good example that sometimes success or failure are not caused by the grower and its growing conditions, but by the plant itself.
That's a good example that sometimes success or failure are not caused by the grower and its growing conditions, but by the plant itself.
Cute!!!
Very nice dots. Great job.
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that's lovely
troy
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A continuation of what GuRu said. I got a bellatulum from orchid zone, after I got all the bugs out of what was left of the roots. it continually grows new growths and blooms, great plant
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coooool
John M
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That's a really nice one with a bright white background. I like them best! Your first plant that grew poorly might have originally been wild collected....or possibly not very many generations out of the wild. This latest one that is so much more vigorous could be a lot better suited to cultivation if it's from a long line of captive bred generations. Typically, wild collected plants can be very tempermental when brought into cultivation, whereas plants which are the result of multiple generations produced in cultivation are a whole lot better suited to life in a pot. That's a big reason why it's always better to seek out and buy only artificially propagated plants.
Stone
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Wow beautiful plant. I know it's been written ad nauseam, but I would still like to hear how you are treating this plant. temps and so on.
Thanks
growing them (brachys) is a nightmare for me. Would love so ideas, too.
medium to low light, watered every day or two most of the year, intermediate temps in a fine bark mix in a deep plastic pot. Fert. every week or two in the growing months and once a month or so in the winter. I have a fan on the paphs too.
That's a really splendid bell with lots of spots on a very
clean background. Can I have it????
clean background. Can I have it????
Lovely blooms. Sorry to stir the pot but, can you please post a photo of the leaves.
SlipperKing
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That is a beauty Tenman so don't you dare let Angelia have it!:evil:
BTW Tenis, all those Chyses I got from you have 5-6 P-bulbs, how do I get them to flower?
SlipperFan
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Gorgeous. If you don't give it to Angela, I'll take it.
Funny you should ask. I had a dismal flowering season for them this year and just did some research. Seems I've kept them too wet this winter. They need a drier (not totally dry) winter rest 3-4 months. I watered heavily all through as a couple of them just didn't seem to be growing fast enough to suit me. I'm thinking that's the issue.
nah, I had such problems shrinking down the flower pic to fit this site I'm just not up to that. It's the reason I almost never post pics here any more. The file size limitations are crippling.
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Superb.
blondie
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Very nice great blooms and colour
