Paphiopedilum vietnamense

[Djthomp28]

This is the second year in a row blooming this lovely little one. Hopefully, I can continue to keep it happy. It was part of a flask from Windy Hill. I sold several and kept six. This is the only one to bloom so far. Unfortunately, now I am down to three plants from the flask. After repotting, three seedlings immediately developed crown rot. They must gotten too much moisture in the crown following the stress if repotting. I will be more careful next time.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Pretty. Any plans for the pollen?

 

[Djthomp28]

Pretty. Any plans for the pollen?

No plans for it.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

It's gorgeous. It's weird that maybe 10 years ago these were very easy to find for sale, but now it seems like you have to go out of your way to get one. I'm always on the fence with this species. The flowers are amazing, but short lived by Paph standards. Is this cultivar fragrant?

 

[spujr]

Very pretty flower! This species is one of the few paphs that responded well to semi hydro and leca for me. I believe in nature it is a lithophyte. This might explain the rot issue you had but it seems like you got a handle on it now.

 

[bulolo]

Nice one! I bought a couple seedlings last year from Windy Hill so you know the cross?
I used to rot vietnamense frequently but I've switched them to terra cotta pots... so far so good.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Very cute one! Good job on keeping them alive.

I found a sweet spot for my lot and they only grow in that section. Ten so far doing well. Fingers crossed!

 

[Linus_Cello]

Very pretty flower! This species is one of the few paphs that responded well to semi hydro and leca for me. I believe in nature it is a lithophyte. This might explain the rot issue you had but it seems like you got a handle on it now.

Sorry for the slight tangent, did delnatii or ho chi minh do well s/h? What other paphs did well for you s/h?

 

[spujr]

Sorry for the slight tangent, did delnatii or ho chi minh do well s/h? What other paphs did well for you s/h?

Hi, I haven't tried s/h with either of those so can't say for sure.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Nice coloration and form seems better this time or is it still expanding?
How long did the flower last last time?
There's always that fast and better one among the bunch. This might be your best out of that flask.
I thought about getting this species from Windy Hill, but I was never sure if I could keep this species happy.
Maybe you should try and self this one?

 

[dodidoki]

Very good! Not the easiest slipper.Congrats on growing and blooming.Great job!

 

[BrucherT]

Sorry for the slight tangent, did delnatii or ho chi minh do well s/h? What other paphs did well for you s/h?

I have two delenatii in growstone, LECA, limestone and pumice mix. They seem to like it. I grow Ho Chi Minh very happily in a clay pot with regular bark mix.

 

[NEslipper]

Beautiful! Nice dark pouch, congrats!

 

[Djthomp28]

So... this took a while to fully open. Since I posted the shape has certainly changed a bit.

 

[Mafate]

It's gorgeous. It's weird that maybe 10 years ago these were very easy to find for sale, but now it seems like you have to go out of your way to get one. I'm always on the fence with this species. The flowers are amazing, but short lived by Paph standards. Is this cultivar fragrant?

Can you please tell me how long the flowers last with this species?

 

[Djthomp28]

Can you please tell me how long the flowers last with this species?

I will let you know how long this flower lasts. This is day 8. I don't remember how long the last flower lasted.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Can you please tell me how long the flowers last with this species?

Mine lasted about 12 days on average.

 

[Hien]

So... this took a while to fully open. Since I posted the shape has certainly changed a bit.

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the shape of this flower is still good , I haven't seen this species with super flat flower presentation, so far the ones on the internet all have more or less wavy petals

 

[Ozpaph]

good colour

 

[BrucherT]

the shape of this flower is still good , I haven't seen this species with super flat flower presentation, so far the ones on the internet all have more or less wavy petals

Because that’s their proper form, which should be celebrated and maintained in all its wavy glory instead of bred to suit some sad, arbitrary “standard.”