What Should I Buy?

[parvi_17]

A suggestion: Cut off the flower spike!

Paphman910oke:

:rollhappy: Norito has nice leaves! It could be grown as a foliage plant .

 

[Paphman910]

:rollhappy: Norito has nice leaves! It could be grown as a foliage plant .

If it doesn't flower....call it a Jewel paph plantoke:

Paphman910

 

[NYEric]

Wow! You guys are terrible! oke:

 

[Ernie]

And for the benefit of some of you who are doing the he/she thing - Rabbit is a she.

Hmmm. Is it fair to unleash Steve Jobs on a newbie folks??? There are tons of places we could go with this.

-Ernie

 

[cnycharles]

just wanted to point out a reminder that where someone lives/grows can make a big difference in their conditions and how they should approach growing their plants. though most people would never suggest trying to grow paphs in aquariums without air movement, since in most cases there would be too much humidity around the plant. I think though that here rabbit has much lower humidity in her house/apartment because of being in ontario and likely using central heat a lot. in effect, the moist air in the aquariums is probably almost sucked out into the much drier living areas, so there may be some passive air movement because of this. her conditions may be right on the edge where she hasn't had too many problems because of this, but if a few more plants were put in the tanks or a little more water was added over time, things may change the other way (and thing might start rotting)

 

[baodai]

Rabbit,
Here is another suggestion for you, since you are living in CA, it is easy to get cold than get heat in the winter time. It requires a little bit work for 2 months but it can be done. You will then grow any paph you like.
Get some buckets of water and put it outside, when you got some ice, bring it inside, put the ice into a basket, then put the basket on top of the bucket. you can use a fan to blow cold air into your terrarium tank. In the morning you can remove the ice and start over again at night. It can be done if you put time into it.
Good luck,
BD

 

[parvi_17]

just wanted to point out a reminder that where someone lives/grows can make a big difference in their conditions and how they should approach growing their plants.

That was exactly my point. You hit the nail on the head.