OMG, harris, your niveum clump is huge!!!
Is it grown protected from rain? The leaves look gorgeous... I'm surprised that the old growths are still there, and not dying back to make room for the new shoots.. It always happens to me, for niveum and other paphs.. What medium are you using, BTW..? You mean it hasn't flowered even once despite being so large? i suggest you increase limestone in the mix. Niveum is one specie that needs limestone in the mix to grow and flower better..
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may i know which nursery in CH is that? the one in kea's farm (next to equatorial hotel) is pretty expensive.
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The nursery is called Uncle Sam's Farm.. its quite big and is on the main road going upslope.. I forgot whether its near Tanah Rata, Brinchang or Ringlet.. BTW, I see you have Coel. ovalis in the background of your photo.. Wanna trade a division of your niveum for the rare albino form of ovalis..?
funkychips, your choice of medium sounds okay to me.. I have the same problem of dryness too, especially with lithophytic/epiphytic paphs.. Don't worry. Some varities of concolor can be rather picky. My Yunnan variety shrunk to half its size after repotting..
The Thai ones are more forgiving.. Barbatum is also a PITA...
try callosum instead.. Happy 2009!