Paph delenatii

[albert]

Hi folks,\
just opened yesterday- took me 6 years- flowering was triggered by the cold nights we had in north queensland.
cheers
Albert

 

[JeanLux]

very nice; congratulations to the patient gower!!! Jean

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Lovely! congratulations. :clap:

 

[@n@iwod]

nice delenatii

 

[SlipperFan]

Excellent.

 

[Candace]

Congrats. 6 years is a long wait.

 

[Barbara]

Very nice, I do like this one, it was the very first paph in our collection and has been a good grower ever since.

Congrats btw. :clap:

 

[Kevin]

Hi folks,\
just opened yesterday- took me 6 years- flowering was triggered by the cold nights we had in north queensland.
cheers
AlbertView attachment 1225

I thought delenatii was a warm grower - what is 'cold' in Queensland?

 

[NYEric]

Good job, thanks fo posting.

 

[albert]

Hi Kevin,
cold means in North Queensland:
Winter- Night = 18- 15 deg.
Day = 22- 29 deg.
Summer- Night = 20-24 deg.
Day = 24-34 deg

But the winter nights (2008) are extremely cold- some nights we had 8 degrees. Even my Paph phillipinense developed a flower bud for the first time- I have this plant for 9 years.
cheers
Albert

 

[Kevin]

To me, that is intermediate to warm. Thanks for clarifying. So, both delenatii and phillipinense need temps below 15 in order to spike? I was staying away from these because I thought they needed warm temps all the time.

 

[NYEric]

I think a lot of orchids put up spikes as result of the seasonal change in temps.