What makes it a pain Tom?
Thank you everyone.
This will be second time this plant flowers. It bloomed in 2015. Common for multiflora species needing time to develop a new growth to mature size, so it skipped a year. I'm relatively new to grow paphs so my observations and experiences are limited.
Re yellowing leaves, this plant is in a 5 inch pot - hanging to save bench space - but most importantly air movement. Needless to say my greenhouse is very crowded like any orchid addict could relate.
I'm not sure if yellow leaves is due to too much light (yes, it is getting a lot of light) or because it hasn't been repotted or if it doesn't get enough water or fertilizer. It's hanging so when I water, not really possible to check every plant if media is dry or not. On average I water paph twice times a week because they are in bark. My feeling is that I tend to underwater.
I don't have high expectation of this year's bloom that its going to be that much better than before. I'm just happy that it flowers. I was watching the new growth getting larger - and was hoping to see new bloom this year. Then I got busy - and there they are -
new buds that seem to appear overnight. Maybe I can try a little bit harder to grow it better - so I wont' lose old growth at the expense of a new growth. I mean, our goal is to have a really big plant blooming on multiple growths.
Leaf span is not too big. Within 36 inches I think. I will measure it when I take an update photo. This plant is smaller than Paphiopedilum Lebeau 'Hsiao' AM/AOS. I like big plants.
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