Paph. purpuratum

[Susie11]

Nice one.

 

[The Mutant]

Thanks for all the nice comments! As expected, it did lose some of its shape, but I wasn't surprised since it did the same last year. I also realized that it's too bright in the pictures, so I tried to amend that in the updated versions.

This is how it looks today, with the flower fully opened (I'm still very pleased with it):

Not bad..for a non-toilet Paph.

Touché, my friend! :rollhappy:

Very beautiful blooming of P. purpuratum. Is it a fast growing plant? Which are your culture conditions?

It grew a new growth and bloomed it within a year, so for a Paph it seems pretty fast. Probably ordinary for the barbatas I would assume.

I grow it like the rest of the sigmatopetalums; on a windowsill in an east facing window, with some support lights in the winter, humidity levels are kept around 55%-65%, and the temperatures range between 18.5*C-23*C. It's potted in a bark/perlite/sphagnum mix, with some packing peanuts added since the pot was too big. No colder temperatures for this guy, and I seem to be in luck with this clone, since it doesn't seem to need any. This one, together with my cerveranum, are the easiest and most straight forward Paphs I have, I think. They are not fussy, they don't sulk, so they are very nice Paphs for a beginner like me.

 

[Trithor]

That has matured very nicely! The dorsal although it has recurved, (to be expected) has held good shape. That is a good purpuratum, congratulations!

 

[Trithor]

So, does this mean purpuratum likes to stay wet???

Dot, in the years that followed, I eventually managed to convince the grandson to take me to where he was collecting the plants. Purpuratum was growing along the stream banks in leaf/stick litter and quite obviously spent a portion of its time submerged. There were some plants which looked like they had been washed downstream and started growing in the material which got caught up on rock outcrops and tree roots. Not all plants were found right against the stream edge, some were higher up the bank growing under over hanging grasses and bushes. One thing was for sure, it was swelteringly hot, uncomfortably humid, wet and miserably steep terrain! The plants were growing in wet conditions, but the substrate was very open, and the water never stagnant. How you would replicate that in a cultural situation I have no idea. I also have no idea if all purpuratum grows under similar conditions, or if it was just along those streams that they did so.

 

[cnycharles]

A trickling water wall or ebb-flow table would just about the same thing


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[Stone]

and the temperatures range between 18.5*C-23*C.

Wow! thats pretty warm for this sp. Please keep us informed on the plant's progress in the future. Its very beautiful. I would love to see it as a huge clump....but then I would like to see all paphs as a huge clump

 

[The Mutant]

Wow! thats pretty warm for this sp. Please keep us informed on the plant's progress in the future. Its very beautiful. I would love to see it as a huge clump....but then I would like to see all paphs as a huge clump

I know, which is why I'm surprised that it keeps growing and blooming. I've only had it for about a year, so it might start to decline now. I honestly think I've gotten very lucky with this clone so far, since it doesn't seem to need the lower temperatures to initiate flowering. We'll see how my fairrieanum does though, it might be a whole different story with that one.

 

[Trithor]

I don't know why you would say that the temperatures are too warm for purpuratum? Too warm for fairrieanum perhaps, but not for purpuratum.

 

[rdlsreno]

Very nice indeed!

Ramon

 

[SlipperFan]

Dot, in the years that followed, I eventually managed to convince the grandson to take me to where he was collecting the plants. Purpuratum was growing along the stream banks in leaf/stick litter and quite obviously spent a portion of its time submerged. There were some plants which looked like they had been washed downstream and started growing in the material which got caught up on rock outcrops and tree roots. Not all plants were found right against the stream edge, some were higher up the bank growing under over hanging grasses and bushes. One thing was for sure, it was swelteringly hot, uncomfortably humid, wet and miserably steep terrain! The plants were growing in wet conditions, but the substrate was very open, and the water never stagnant. How you would replicate that in a cultural situation I have no idea. I also have no idea if all purpuratum grows under similar conditions, or if it was just along those streams that they did so.

That's really interesting. I'm sure I cannot replicate these conditions, But this does give me a few clues. Thanks!