Paphiopedilum appletonianum bloom in situ

It is accidentally that I have the change to see their bloom in their habitat (I just know that they have bud at this time in the wild).
Just very lucky that I could see them because it is very far that I have to go to see them, so I could not do it often.
They grow at attitude from 1100m on as I saw from this trip. Temperature this time from 20-28oC. They love to grow on soil surfaces with all old death leaves (you could see).

Fantastic photos as always. Based on your photos I'd have to guess that most paphs are essentially lithophytes, not truly terrestrial plants. Thanks again for all the lovely insitu shots!

Thank you so much.
Don

Thanks for sharing.

Awesome!!! Culture info please!!! I didn't see you put the altitude and temp in the picture caption lol..

You rock my friend!! Do you have a website?

Awesome info in those pics!!!!

Amazing that the plants are essentially growing on rock and
leaf rubbish and they look sooo gooooood. Thank you.

Beautiful photos !


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fantastic. Thank-you.

Thanks again for another group of great photos!

Many thanks for the great photos and cultural information. Mike

troy said:

Awesome!!! Culture info please!!! I didn't see you put the altitude and temp in the picture caption lol..

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I do put on top.

JAB said:

You rock my friend!! Do you have a website?

Awesome info in those pics!!!!

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No, I just do it for my hobby so I do not have website

Gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing. You should submit to National Geographic or something like that.

Cosmic Orchid said:

Gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing. You should submit to National Geographic or something like that.

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Thank you, I do not think about that yet

Congrats, I think you were too late last time and missed them in bloom.
Not this time, wow, just so special to see in the wild. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Congrats, I think you were too late last time and missed them in bloom.
Not this time, wow, just so special to see in the wild. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Thank you, yes it is too late last time and this time almost too early, I just saw some bloom and hundreds are in bud.
It is great to see them in person in their habitat

Excellent photos as always. Thanks for sharing

Wow! Thank you. You really need a website!!

Cosmic Orchid said:

Gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing. You should submit to National Geographic or something like that.

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JAB said:

Wow! Thank you. You really need a website!!

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You can see more from my trip here:

http://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchi...ary-my-forest-trips-see-orchids-part-2-a.html

I do hope you put these photos all together in a book. I am always amazed to see how Paphs seem to grow on nothing! I learn so much from your in-situ photos, and would love to see a book with these all together in one place.