Paphiopedilum/ Slipper orchid

[kentosaurs]

Huisay.......Beautiful orchids or flowers :D.....They look so elegant

Ken

[harris]

Originally Posted by kentosaurs

Huisay.......Beautiful orchids or flowers :D.....They look so elegant

Ken

I'm not very sure about using calcium to trigger flowering but I understand that phosporus and potassium are needed to help blooming. That is why some people use banana as fertiliser for cymbidium! that's because banana has a high potassium contents.

I don't have javanicum yet, but it is in my wishlist together with kolopakingii, rothchildianum, jogjae and phillipinensis.

[plantlover]

Wow!!!!!Beautiful orchids.

[paphioboy]

Interesting technique, harris... So you mean the sudden exposure to sunlight after kept in darkness (relatively dark) triggers flowering? BTW, niveum is a species which grows on limestone.. I use aquarium limestone for most of my limestone loving paphs like primulinum, stonei (and nep northiana)..

[harris]

that is true paphioboy...
a sifu has use it for his rothchildianum and i tried for my barbatum and maudiae and it works. by covering and then exposing the plants to the sunlight, we're simulating the seasons the paphio usually bloom in their original habitat. they usually flower in hot season after monsoon/rainy season. so, by covering it, we're simulating rainy season where the sky is usually dark and there is minimal sunlight. then, when we expose it to sunlight, it simulates the hot/dry season where there are sunlight...

BTW, my maudiae has fully bloom...

[paphioboy]

Thanks for the info, harris.. I always thought it was a drop in temperature that induced blooming.. So its actually light intensity... i'll try with my barbatum, see if it works...

[paphioboy]

Great Maudiae album, BTW... I saw 2 plants for sale the other day but didn't buy them because they were rather pricey and a bit shaky in the pot.. When I asked the seller, he actually took them out of the pot and showed me the roots.. I didn't want to take a chance with plants with such few healthy roots..