Leo Schordje
wilted blossom
This Paph micranthum is one of the first I ever bought. I picked it up in 1987 from Ray Rands. At the time Rands advertised these as coming from China, no specific location, so I think of this as the typical race of micranthum. I find micranthum very slow growing for me, but otherwise they are tough enough, true survivors. In the 21 years I have had this plant it has survived power outages, drought, new puppy dogs chewing, my occasional extended absences, watering by other people, various insect infestations of the 'collection' and all manner of periodic episodes of less than ideal growing conditions. That said, in the 21 years it has only bloomed 4 times. It has settled into a pattern of blooming every 3rd year. I really like it, even though it is too small for award consideration, but its got a nice long flower stem. It has become an old friend.
and here in a family photo with its cousin, Paph vietnamense '416'
and here in a family photo with its cousin, Paph vietnamense '416'