Paph canhii

[paphfreak]

Finally was able to purchase paph canhii:



Now I just have to hope I can keep them alive.

 

[Drorchid]

Awesome! If you get at least two to flower, make sure you sib them!

 

[Martin]

Good luck! Unfourtunatly i always struggeled with her plants, no matter which species.

 

[GuRu]

They are looking good... so good luck to grow them well.

 

[bulolo]

I ordered a couple for the collection.
Looks like you are experimenting with different substrates? Would you mind sharing what you're trying?

 

[cxcanh]

Good luck, it seem very difficult to cultivate in our lowland areas.

 

[NYEric]

What media?

 

[paphfreak]

you will notice two have some sphagnum on top. They really don't like this. I tried several things. Fine bark & rock & perlite seems to give the best result (50%, 25%, 25%).

 

[Mafate]

Nice plants, good luck to grow them!

 

[Mafate]

Good luck, it seem very difficult to cultivate in our lowland areas.

Why? Do they need cool temps?

 

[BrucherT]

Finally was able to purchase paph canhii:

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Now I just have to hope I can keep them alive.

Where?

 

[NYEric]

Still not legally in rhe USA.

 

[paphfreak]

They are if you purchase them from Hengduan Biotech. You can even get copies of the CITEs from China.

 

[cxcanh]

Why? Do they need cool temps?

In their habitat - they grow at altitude from 1500m and the temp between day and night so different (hot during the day and cold during the night, very cold in winter)

 

[Roth]

The problem is that many wild

Still not legally in rhe USA.

In theory they are legal because they 'discovered' canhii in China. Just have to wait that they discover intaniae and bungebelangii in China now.

This said, the problem is that most of the market are wild collected plants, and they have inherent diseases and basal mites, that can rot and kill them pretty easily. Aside from Australia and myself, I don't think there has been that many artificially propagated canhii. They are just too cheap for the traders to consider propagating them.

 

[NYEric]

The problem is that many wild

In theory they are legal because they 'discovered' canhii in China. Just have to wait that they discover intaniae and bungebelangii in China now.

This said, the problem is that most of the market are wild collected plants, and they have inherent diseases and basal mites, that can rot and kill them pretty easily. Aside from Australia and myself, I don't think there has been that many artificially propagated canhii. They are just too cheap for the traders to consider propagating them.

There is no native canhii in China, just v. Yunnan. There is artificially propagated but since its not legal no one knows anything. I applaud your abilities.

 

[GuRu]

There is no native canhii in China, just v. Yunnan.....

And Yunnan isn't China ????

 

[NYEric]

And Yunnan isn't China ????

Yes, it is a historic plant 'trading' location.

 

[GuRu]

Yes, it is a historic plant 'trading' location.

Eric, Yunnan isn't only a plant trading location but also the home of many orchid species of different generas and furthermore it borders to the North of Vietnam and the North of Laos, both areas where P. canhii is native. There was a new variety described in 'Die Orchidee' 64(4), 2013 Paph. canhii var. funingense which is located explicitly in Yunnan China.

 

[Roth]

There are no

Eric, Yunnan isn't only a plant trading location but also the home of many orchid species of different generas and furthermore it borders to the North of Vietnam and the North of Laos, bothe areas where p. canhii is native. There was a new variety described in 'Die Orchidee' 64(4), 2013 Paph. canhii var. funingense which is located explicit in Yunnan China.

Luckily for us, but it comes from Vietnam in truth, I have to know as I was there back then, and the Chinese traders, including a famous one, came to pick up big batches in Dien Bien... But for CITES sake, let's say they are propagating a mysterious canhii from China legally, and already exported/legalized the species worldwide.

This said, it is true that quite a few items like Dendrobium hekouense are Vietnamese 200%.... not to mention Paphiopedilum malipoense, tranlienianum and helenae. They were historically traded at the border of Ma Li Po and Xi Chou in China, coming from Ha Giang. Helenae were exported to China from Lang Son as well.