DYP

It's your heat. The buds are sitting in the sheath until they either can't wait any longer, or get a snap of cool weather. It may even...

This is a case where what works for me, will absolutely not work for you, since we're growing in very different environments. A chunky...

I chance upon this 1year ago in a nursery and was captivated by the coloration. Brought this home and I did a mistake by repotting it...

I am in Singapore. The climate here is warm throughout at between 32-34C and night time around 27-28C. The pot (before i shifted to this...

I see a sheath (the pointed, pigmented “leaf” in the center of the plant). Stonei is famous for sending up sheaths up to a year before...

I am sorry but I do not see a bud. In fact, I feel like the overall size of the growth seems on the small side to me, meaning it might...

Thank you @big923cattleya. I am not too aure mysekf as this growth doesnt have a split line hende i recken its a bud. It is indeed a...

I have this Lady Isabel for slightly more than a year now. This bud was first spotted about 3 mths + ago. Till now, it just grow to this...

i self it this morning! the photos front and back outside w natural light is more butter cream

I think one of the reasons it works for me is that I fertilize very very very lightly

Paphiopedilum niveum that blooms on and off the whole year. Sorry for the crappy photo. Not easy to take one with the spikes flopping...

Thank you for sharing. I am surprised as there's online sharing about the need to repot once every few years. Yours is a testament that...

Yes I repotted it when I got it. It was a small single growth seedling

Wow. You mean that it had not been repot since?

Thank you! 10 years at least. Initially potted in fir bark but I’m sure it’s more roots now than media