Paph. philippinense x sib in spike!

[PaphLover]

Paph. philippinense x sib ('Miao Hua' SM/TOGA x 'Mercury' SM/TPS)

Bought at our orchid society show in March and wasn't expecting a spike. ...Don't remember noticing anything when I repotted it. What a nice surprise. Was expecting to wait until next year for blooms.

A bit worried about the browning area on the leaf. Should I remove the entire leaf with the brown spot at the base or just try to cut out the brown area? It isn't wet or mushy, the leaf underneath isn't affected, and the rest of the leaf appears healthy.

 

[gego]

Looks dark. Are you doing SH? What kind of stones are those?

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[emydura]

Very exciting. From what I can see, the brown leaf doesn't look anything to worry about. I'd just leave it myself.

 

[PaphLover]

Thanks gego and emydura.

gego, yes, trying SH. Noname LECA. Did you mean the spot looks dark or the bud?

 

[Ozpaph]

leave the leave, await the flower.

 

[SlipperKing]

Is that the lowest leaf? If so, maybe it got damaged during repoting. Leave it but watch closely, if it begins to spread yhe remove it quickly.

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[PaphLover]

Thanks Ozpaph and SlipperKing. Yes, it's the lowest leaf. The last time this happened to me on another paph, there was a new fan growing under the leaf. This one already has a second fan growing, so I doubt that's the case here. Glad I can just leave it.

 

[troy]

How are the roots?

 

[gego]

Thanks gego and emydura.

gego, yes, trying SH. Noname LECA. Did you mean the spot looks dark or the bud?

The bud. Good luck on the SH. This species likes SH but be careful with the nutrient, its easy to get deficient.

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[Wendy]

Nice surprise! I agree with the others....watch the brown leaf but leave it unless it becomes apparent that it needs to come off.

 

[PaphLover]

Troy, it has lots of plump, healthy roots.

gego, great to hear it likes S/H. I'll keep an eye on nutrients.

Wendy, thanks!

Whew! I was worried you'd all say it had rot. Glad you're not concerned.

 

[troy]

Even if that leaf has rot and the rot has to be removed, with a pot full of good roots you should be ok, although your plant looks very small to be blooming, I'd keep a close eye on it. I have a paph I just lost a biggest growth from has a pot full of good roots, will be ok,

 

[PaphLover]

troy,

Yes, the pictures are deceiving. It has 7 leaves with a leaf span of 28".

 

[PaphLover]

First blooms...

 

[SlipperFan]

Very nice!

 

[Ozpaph]

can you attach the full sized images and not the thumbnails?

 

[Justin]

Good.one

 

[PaphLover]

can you attach the full sized images and not the thumbnails?

I wish I knew how. I don't have an outside photo account to link to and this site will only accept tiny photo files (that I know of).

I don't know how to attach anything larger.

 

[SlipperFan]

I wish I knew how. I don't have an outside photo account to link to and this site will only accept tiny photo files (that I know of).

I don't know how to attach anything larger.

You won't be able to here -- not enough bandwidth. Buy why not open an account with something like Photobucket? It is free.

 

[Ozpaph]

I wish I knew how. I don't have an outside photo account to link to and this site will only accept tiny photo files (that I know of).

I don't know how to attach anything larger.

or postimage.org