Paphiopedilum kolopakingii

[JPMC]

This is its first bloom for me. I know that it's an easy plant for most, but I had to bring it back from a mite infestation. It's been 6 years and it finally did its thing.

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[troy]

Aww man, thats nice!!! Do you grow this bright?

 

[troy]

Good job on the recovery!!!

 

[JPMC]

Aww man, thats nice!!! Do you grow this bright?

No. I grow it with the rest of my paphs. They're about 3 feet from a 100w LED fixture.

 

[tnyr5]

Awesome! What's the leafspan of the plant? The flowers look bigger in relation to the plant than most kolopakingii I've seen...

 

[eggshells]

Its a beauty JPMC!

 

[Ruth]

Wow!
Looks like you gow it in a clay pot?

 

[Eddie]

love it so much, the petals looks longer than mine previous blooms ! congrats !

 

[Justin]

nice. glad you kept it!

 

[Migrant13]

Looks great.

 

[emydura]

That is spectacular. It would have been a tragedy to lose that.

 

[SlipperFan]

I really like the color on this one.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

I like kolopakingii.

Back when I was first starting in orchids, I had some books about slippers, and none of them made any mention of Paph. kolopakingii. Then I started finding newer books, and I recall the first time I saw photos of this species, I was absolutely enamored. It just looked so wild.

I also remember the first time I saw one in person. It was huge, by far the largest paph I'd seen up to that point, by a big margin.

 

[JPMC]

Awesome! What's the leafspan of the plant? The flowers look bigger in relation to the plant than most kolopakingii I've seen...

It's 36" in leaf span while the spike is 36" tall. The flowers are about 7" x 5".

 

[JPMC]

Wow!
Looks like you gow it in a clay pot?

Yes, I do. It's potted in rexius bark.

 

[17andgrowing]

Congrats!

 

[Trithor]

That is spectacular. It would have been a tragedy to lose that.

Agreed!

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely

 

[polyantha]

Nicely done! Good job.

 

[Eddie]

the flower size is 7" x 5" ??

I had never seen a kolo of that large flower size.