Paph. sanderianum first-bloom

[Ed M]

First bloom seedling of Paphiopedilum sanderianum, a species from Borneo. This one seems a little precocious, blooming on a growth with a 16 inch leafspan just as the second growth is being produced. Petal length is only about 28 cm.

 

[Dido]

nice plant love the long petals

 

[McPaph]

Great job. Congrats. Maybe the petals will grow longer.

 

[Shiva]

Very nice!

 

[Pete]

congrats. this species certainly takes special attention and patience. flower quantity and quality should improve a bit on future bloomings as the plant gets up to a good size

 

[toddybear]

WOW! Wish I had room for these big ones.

 

[etex]

Congrats on the blooming!! So cool that it bloomed with a 16"LS!! Great growing!

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice blooming Ed. It's not everyday someone blooms a sandie!

 

[Wendy]

Awesome Ed!

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely photo, Ed. And I really like the color of this sandi.

 

[Ed M]

Thanks all. This is my first blooming of a sanderianum and I'm looking forward to this one improving.

 

[paphioboy]

Its still beautiful nontheless...

 

[paphjoint]

Good job !!

 

[JeanLux]

A nice handy sandi, bravo!!! Jean

 

[emydura]

Well done Ed. It is a big moment to flower a sanderianum.

David

 

[smartie2000]

Beautiful lighter tones.
I've seen some on the forums bloom surprisingly small.

 

[GuRu]

Congrats to flower your first sandie Ed!! That's an experience I'm still waitig for!

 

[chrismende]

Exciting, Ed! Just the name sanderianum on the topic list draws us all like a magnet! Very good! Encouraging for me, at least. I still haven't bought a sandie because I don't want to spend that much or wait that long.

 

[brice]

Very nice slipper!!
Brice