Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum opened

[dodidoki]

I had been searching this for 15 years. Finally I could get it 9 months ago. I took pics in white halogen light.

 

[gego]

Very nice. Wide petals. Thanks for sharing

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[blondie]

Beautiful flower

 

[Alex]

Brilliant. Don’t you have a wentworthianum as well?

 

[fibre]

Lovely!

 

[dodidoki]

Brilliant. Don’t you have a wentworthianum as well?

Yes.I have.

 

[Markhamite]

Love the chunky shape of the flower.

 

[SlipperKing]

Nicely done! I'd like to see this plant again, especially after you get it to clump.I

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[dodidoki]

Brilliant. Don’t you have a wentworthianum as well?

 

[dodidoki]

Nicely done! I'd like to see this plant again, especially after you get it to clump.I

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I hope too. Plant looks happy this moment. I looked back in time and I realized that I got it in fall of 2016, not 9 months ago.

 

[Guldal]

Very, very nice!

Looking foreward to see my own bloom soon - the plant itself doesn't look especially big compared both to my wentworthianum and my violascens..but it seems well rooted and there is a second growth coming along...sooooo... What do you say: in the due course of time...or maybe, good things come to those who wait?! :wink:

 

[fibre]

bravo! :clap:

 

[Alex]

Nice! They all look very healthy. I have seen a bougainvilleanum for sale but can’t even imagine seeing wentworthianum. What a find!

 

[Ozpaph]

can someone explain the difference between bouganvilleanum and violascens?

 

[dodidoki]

can someone explain the difference between bouganvilleanum and violascens?

Bougainvilleanum is a subspecies I think.It lives only on Bougainville Island where violascens does not live. Leaves pattern is very different and flower looks like a very pale form of violascens.Because of geographical isolation I think it is subspecies.Because of taxonomical rules it is different species.

 

[Alex]

Whatever its status, I really hope you manage to guide it through the post-flowering growth slump that seems to be so prominent in this section. Does anyone have a good approach to dealing with that they could share?

 

[Alex]

Dodidoki, may we have an update on your bougainvilleanum and wentworthianum? Has there been good growth in the last nearly 2 years?

 

[Tobias Sudhoff]

Where did You buy it? I bought one on ebay from a seller called Falconer - but some people warned me about him - his material isn´t save in a way according to them - does anyone know more about him? I have made no further experiences with this guy, but the plant I bought looks like bougainvillianum to me as I remember it (thats 20 years ago on an exhibition flowering...) Anyone knows a source for bougainvillianum (and wentworthianum as well)?

 

[BrucherT]

I’m so impressed that you grow in moss. And the plants look good. I don’t know anyone here who grows in moss.

 

[likespaphs]

fabu!