Joe's Paphs and Orchid Blog
Growing Paphiopedilums or Paphs is my main hobby. I also grow many other orchids such as phalaenopsis, dendrobium, coelogyne etc.
Friday, October 4, 2024
Phalaenopsis blooming
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum
According to many experts Paph glanduliferum is either extinct or synonym of P. praestans. My observation is that the plants currently sold as glanduliferum tend to have broader and longer leaves than those sold as praestans. The flower stalk is also much thicker...but...the flowers look alike. This is a recent glanduliferum which flowered.
Phalaenopsis pantherina
A very rare specimen of Phalaenopsis pantherina with extremely good form and size. The flower is the same size as the P. Bellina.
Phalaenopsis bellina
I was surprised to see that this plant is actually a bellina. It has not flowered for a long time and had been shifted around so much that I lost the label. The flower is rather big so let's hope it gets a bit bigger when the plant grow larger leaves.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Coelogyne celebensis
This plant has not flowered for a very long time. In fact it almost died, partly due to orchid weevils and partly due to neglect.
Now its showing strong signs of a comeback.