Paphiopedilum hangianum

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Fabrice

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First bloom at home for this very nice and fragrant specie.

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How do you grow this one(light,temp,mix,fert.,etc..)?
 
When these are nice,they are NICE!When they are bad,they can be awful
 
it's beautiful!! I like this more than the redder ones :)
I just hope mine would bloom.. they sure are slow growing!
 
Thank you to all.

It's a little difficult for me to give informations because I'm not good in english. But I try:
In my growing conditions, light is moderate, like phalaenopsis for example. fertilizer is normal (400µs of 6-2-4 ), lots of dolomie, humidity 60 to 70%. temperatur min is 14°C and the max in summer is 33-34°C but it's too high for it. It doesn't like that and grow better to 18°C beetween 25°C.
I add volcanic rock (pouzzolanne) to my standard mix because I think the roots don't like to be too long wet.

It's very slow to grow.

The fragrance is difficult to describe... floral with a touch of spices.
 
Nicely shaped one Fabrice. Interesting how your clone has the hooded dorsal while others have a straight up dorsal. Do you know if your plant is seed grown?
 
Probably wild collected plant (lots of have been sold in EUrope since 7-8 years) because I don't think the first seedlings of hangianum have already bloomed.

I have another plant I'm sure it's a seedling and it grows really faster.
 
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