Paph sangii 'Sacred'

[Greenpaph]

Currently in bloom. First time bloomer. It blasted last year! Other than the dimple on the pouch; I am very pleased with it!

Full plant shot:

 

[Candace]

Excellent! I'm hoping the one I put in s/h a while back blooms out with as nice a color as yours! Did it blooms off of a single growth or did it have to grow several before blooming?

 

[Greenpaph]

Excellent! I'm hoping the one I put in s/h a while back blooms out with as nice a color as yours! Did it blooms off of a single growth or did it have to grow several before blooming?

Candace,

Last year growth died off after blasting and currently there is just the one growth. I hope it sends a new one soon!

Thanks

 

[paphjoint]

Yeah nice flower except from the dimple- the plants looks quite big too ??

 

[Sangii]

beautiful color ! too bad for the dimple otherwise the flower is really nice

 

[smartie2000]

Beautiful colour...
that dimple looks a little evil:evil:

 

[TADD]

I love the flame look of the dorsal! Well done!

 

[NYEric]

Lovely foliage. I wish it would grow a dimple on the other side, like 2 incisors!

 

[myxodex]

I really like it ... never seen a sangii and from most photos I've seen of them I assumed that they were all ugly by default. Thanks for the education ... I think it is stunning. Anyone ever crossed sangii with hookerae ? ... could be interesting and hopefully easier to keep than either parent.
Cheers,
Tim

 

[Candace]

I assumed that they were all ugly by default

Huh?

 

[myxodex]

Well some of them look really bedraggled and mangled ... like they were dragged out of the depths of a swamp ... but this specimen is strikingly beautiful ... makes me want one.

 

[Candace]

I've never seen one in bloom in person either, but all the photos on the net look great to me and very much like this one.

 

[Greenpaph]

Yeah nice flower except from the dimple- the plants looks quite big too ??

The leaf span of the growth is 13 inches (33cm).

 

[Candace]

Crud, mine have a ways to go then.

 

[WolfDog1 (C. Williams)]

Again, I really like these.
Looks like it's point West...
maybe it wants to come to Seattle.

Craig

 

[SlipperFan]

This one is cool -- looks like an arrow.

 

[Rick]

Great growing Peter. Tell us some of your culturing backround on this since its got a tough reputation.

I have a multigrowth plant that I'm hoping will bloom this year. Save the pollen!

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Have any sangii been crossed with roth? How about armeniacum? Take care, Eric

 

[Candace]

Not with armeniacum that I know of, but with roth.
It might be a neat cross.

http://www.orchidsbyhausermann.com/...=PROD&Product_Code=FV-2012&Category_Code=NPAH

 

[Greenpaph]

Great growing Peter. Tell us some of your culturing backround on this since its got a tough reputation.

I have a multigrowth plant that I'm hoping will bloom this year. Save the pollen!

It blasted last year. I then read Lance Birk's book and followed some of his suggestions:

-Repot annually.
-Keep humidity high and uniform. I sprayed all around it almost every sunny day.
-Gave it low light under the bench.
-Reduced watering during December and January.