Floppy Leaves on Hung Sheng Eagle

[StreetVariety]

I have a Hung Sheng Eagle paph and the older leaves are floppy and won't point upright to the light source. What is this sign of? Or is this a normal growth behavior for this hybrid?

 

[Don I]

I'm not an expert but I have plants that have older leaves that flop. Especially the ones with narrower long leaves like Paph. gratrixianum. I have no idea what Hung Sheng Eagle is or looks like, but it may be just age.
Don

 

[troy]

Need a picture

 

[StreetVariety]

 

[JAB]

Sweet baby Jesus how did you post a pic that big on this forum!?!?!?!?

Perhaps a bit more light? Overall strap leaf varieties are prone to such 'flopping.'

 

[troy]

It looks like regular senescence, although gigantifolium is a rock dweller, might not like the sphagnum moss, in moss overtime will kill it

 

[StreetVariety]

I recently upgraded the lighting, hopefully it'll stand upright! It's just a topping of moss to keep the bark underneath evenly moist.

Thanks for answering!

 

[SlipperKing]

Probably too much fertilizer and the incorrect light source.

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[Brabantia]

Not enough Calcium ? Which fertilisers are you using ?

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[Ozpaph]

check the roots.

 

[StreetVariety]

I'm fertilizing 1/4 strength K-lite every watering. Is that too much? How often should I water and fertilize for this plant?

I checked the roots and about 1/3 of them were dead so I went ahead and removed them and repotted it in 50/50 perlite and bark mix. There were few new root though, so I'm optimistic that this plant can recover.

 

[Brabantia]

I'm fertilizing 1/4 strength K-lite every watering. Is that too much? How often should I water and fertilize for this plant?

And which quantity (gr or mgr or tsp) is full strength? Specify please.

 

[StreetVariety]

And which quantity (gr or mgr or tsp) is full strength? Specify please.

1/2 tsp/gall

 

[Brabantia]

1/2 tsp/gall

Ok thank you. This quantity make around 22 ppm nitrogen for each watering (if my maths are good). How many time do you sprinkle during one week?

 

[StreetVariety]

Ok thank you. This quantity make around 22 ppm nitrogen for each watering (if my maths are good). How many time do you sprinkle during one week?

Whenever the bark appears to be dry, so twice or thrice a week.

 

[Brabantia]

Whenever the bark appears to be dry, so twice or thrice a week.

Ok it is not a fertilyser problem. You distribute enough of this one.

 

[Ozpaph]

poor roots = poor nutrition and hydration. Keep the humidity up to prevent dehydration.

 

[gonewild]

poor roots = poor nutrition and hydration. Keep the humidity up to prevent dehydration.

Also few roots + low nutrient content = poor nutrition.
The plant needs more food.

 

[StreetVariety]

So how much should I feed it?

 

[gonewild]

So how much should I feed it?

More.

Looking at your moss on the surface there is no sign of algae or any other life form that would grow in a fertile environment. But maybe the moss is freshly added. So I'm only guessing.
I would use the K-lite at full strength and you safely can.
Full strength is not too much.
After a plant is well established and growing with a strong efficient root system you can get by using less fertilizer. When the plant has a less than complete root system it needs a richer source of nutrients to maintain the stem and foliage.
I would also wet the foliage with the nutrient solution when you water.