Paph sanderianum

[Justin]

Great dark colored clone from Leo. Second time this has flowered. Last time in a different house i cranked the humidifier up to 70% and got the petals to 3'. I am not doing that to my house now so the petals are shorter. I do water every day while in spike.

 

[Cat]

Very nice :clap:

 

[kiwi]

Nice.

 

[Mikefallen13]

Amazing! One of my dream plants

 

[Wendy]

Wonderful. I like how sandie has the 'sweat' on the pouch. What is your house humidity? I'm tempted to get another sanderianum to try in the house....like you I won't increase humidity enough to damage our home though.

 

[Justin]

The RH is 50-60% this time of year.

 

[SlipperFan]

That's a nice one. Good "shoulders" and color.

 

[Mocchaccino]

Gorgeous

 

[Wendy]

Thanks Justin.

BTW....cool picture behind the plant.

 

[My Green Pets]

Isn't it amazing that we can have plants like this in our living rooms.

I would contact the local library and display it in a glass case. People should see this.

 

[troy]

This is great!!!!!! Thanks for posting!! Excellent blooming

 

[emydura]

Fantastic Justin. Looks incredible. Congratulations in getting it to flower again.

How do you find these to grow relative to your roths?

 

[Justin]

Thanks David. It depends on the clone. Some are very slow. I only have 4 sands and this is the fastest grower i have. It took 3.5 years to mature the new growth and bloom again which is not bad i think. The others have not flowered although i think one is getting ready. I grow them in low light and always moist at the roots.

 

[Markhamite]

I wish there were miniature sized sandies. This is a beautiful species.

 

[phraggy]

Beautiful plant. Must treat myself to one --- although I'v heard that the blooms are only good for around 10 days!!

Ed

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

[orchidman77]

This is wonderful!! Thanks so much for sharing. I'll hopefully have blooms like that in 10 years when my flask babies mature...

David

 

[SlipperMatt]

Lovely one, You veteran indoor grower. Good condition! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Achamore]

I wonder if that top leaf has flopped over due to the watering happening every day? I water mine every 4th day, which might be too infrequent, but the top leaf doesn't flop. Maybe every 2 or 3 days when in bloom would be ideal?

 

[Justin]

The leaf was already like that...low light plus it is just this plant's habit.

Here is a pic from our orchid society meeting where it was POTM