My first paph sanderianum in bloom, yay !

[bigleaf]

My first paph sanderianum in bloom, yay ! Only one flower but it's a start. I bought this back in 2010, and kept it in 2.5 inch pot until earlier this year. It's in 3.5 inch pot right now, has a new growth starting. It was in low bud on Friday. 4 days later it's open and petals are already very long. Does this species always bloom this quickly from low bud to opening?

 

[Migrant13]

Wow...that's fantastic Peter! I can't comment on your question as I have no experience with this species. Where did you get it?

 

[bigleaf]

I got it from Carter and Holmes.

 

[Ozpaph]

You are very lucky. Well grown!

 

[bigleaf]

Thank you. I am going to move this somewhere else so the petals won't touch the seedlings below.

 

[Justin]

Nice! These spikes do move pretty quicky. My sand did and my MK does too. Less than a week is super fast!

 

[troy]

Excellent, flowering those is a chore lol... you grow very bright

 

[SlipperFan]

They do form fairly quickly, in my short experience.
Nice plant, Peter!

 

[theshatterings]

I got it from Carter and Holmes.

Oh, that's where I got my seedling too. I wonder if it's related to this because mine doesn't have a cultivar name. Please update with specs and pics when the petals are fully elongated ; )

 

[NYEric]

Nice, congrats.

 

[paphioboy]

Very nice for a phal grower Just kidding... Gorgeous! I suppose you just treat it like phals..?

 

[Bjorn]

Wow, can I have a look at the flower from the side? I have a very similar one that turned out to be some hybrid (MK kindof). But yours is different so....

 

[Paul]

Wow!! that's a very nice flower, with nice colours and very long petals!!! :clap:

sanderianum likes to be grown a little like Phalaenopsis, maybe slighlty more humid, so right for you :evil:

 

[labskaus]

Congratulation, that's a nice flower. Looks like you're getting the conditions right for some of the mroe advanced Paphs.

 

[Lmpgs]

Very nice!!!

 

[17andgrowing]

Congrats!

 

[AdamD]

Awesome Peter! Is that the only one you own? I only have one, and it's a far cry from blooming.

I've said it before, you really have a knack for the multis!

 

[bigleaf]

Thank you Adam. I have 6 of these. I bought them as small seedlings from Carter and Holmes back in November 2010. I figure that time will go by quickly and they will flower soon. So almost 4 years later. These are all about the same size. I like this species for its long twisted petals.

This one is
CH8017 Paph sanderianum (sanderianum 'Dark Beauty' X sanderianum 'Newberry Tresses')

I also bought
CH8015 Paph sanderianum (sanderianum 'Natures Glory' X sanderianum 'Dark Beauty')

CH8016 Paph sanderianum (sanderianum 'Raven Cliff Falls' AM/AOS X sanderianum 'Natures Glory')


Speaking of multiflora, this past weekend I visited Woodstream Orchids in MD. I got large division of a Paph. Temptation 'Penns Creek' AM/AOS (Paph. kolopakingii X Paph. philippinense). I'm looking forward to flowering it next Spring.

 

[daniella3d]

wow, beautiful plant! Only 4 years from seedling to flowering? I thought sanderianum was growing much slower than this?

Mine grow so slow, I don't think it will flower before another 10 years!

 

[Spaph]

Exciting! Can't wait to see your other sandi's when they bloom!