Paph Chiu Hua Dancer

[melisa]

This is the first orchid that I bought and also the first I have bloomed on my own! It's not perfect, but I love it!

 

[Ozpaph]

well, its a good one!

 

[melisa]

 

[gego]

Yeyyyy, congrats. Its nice.

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[Linus_Cello]

You have 3 flowers. Mine keeps blooming only two flowers.

 

[Migrant13]

Excellent, great start. It was even better seeing it in person at our recent MOS meeting!

 

[troy]

Very nice!! Keep in mind that sanderianum and gigantifolium are both lithophytes, They can grow bright, also keeping the humidity over 50 percent will increase the life of your flowers, I use a ultrasonic humidifier, they last 2 years

 

[Gilda]

Congrats on a beautiful bloom !

 

[melisa]

Thank you! Troy, I am using an ultrasonic humidifier and two small fans for circulation. The humidity stays around 70%. I didn't know that it keeps blooms longer. Hopefully they stay around for a while! Around 3 or 4 weeks is typical for blooms, right?

 

[troy]

Depends on the plant, usually around 2 weeks

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice flower, Melisa. Welcome to Slippertalk!

 

[ksriramkumar]

Very nice.

 

[blondie]

Nice has good colouring to the flowers

 

[h_mossy]

Very nice!! Keep in mind that sanderianum and gigantifolium are both lithophytes, They can grow bright, also keeping the humidity over 50 percent will increase the life of your flowers, I use a ultrasonic humidifier, they last 2 years

Being lithophytes, would they benefit from an addition of dolomite to the mix?

 

[melisa]

I sprinkle pelletized dolomite lime on top of the mix every couple of months and it seems to be doing well with it. I use some spaghnum in my mix so it helps raise the pH too.

 

[Mark Karayannis]

Beautifully grown. Congrats

 

[phraggy]

I'm trying to think 'what's not perfect about it?

Ed

 

[h_mossy]

melisa - I have recently acquired a couple of young Paph. Chiu Hua Dancer plants. Have you noticed any difference in rate of growth, or cultural conditions from other paphs?

 

[Clark]

The petals are amazing

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for sharing.