Paph Season 2023
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That’s a cool complex shelf! How do you drop temperatures to set spikes?
mwong9440
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I put all unbloom paphs on the ground level n have a fan blowing 24/7, I can only achieve a 4 degree drop, once bud appears I move to top shelf to grow the spike faster.
All luck, no skills required.
What’s the lowest temperature in that ground level? It’s basement?
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Ground floor. Winter spring lowest 15
Running a bit late this year but with a fifth bud to make up for it, my favorite PEoY. It is normally an early June bloomer. It first bloomed in 2019, then took three years to mature another growth, lost the original flowing growth along the way and bloomed weakly last year. Since changing my feed program it has picked up the pace with a new growth already matured a year later and the fifth bud. Hoping for a long spike to display them nicely like in '19 so I can take it to judging.
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tnyr5
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There ya go. In my experience, PEOY can bloom on an 11 month schedule once you nail down its culture.
Nicely done. My MFs will need the same boost!
That's a darn good PEoY, Tony! Can't wait to see the result, it's about to produce! 
I'm afraid the end result is a bit anticlimactic, some ******* carterpillar scarred up the spike so it stopped growing too early, then it ate pinholes into the first bud and ruind that flower, then to top it all off IT ATE THE POLLEN. Maybe next year 
kc6847
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ok but HOW did that thing manage to barely touch the flower, find the pollen, and eat ONLY that???!!
The form wasnt as good this year, anyway (if thats any consolation)
tnyr5
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The creature mocks him.
Getting munched on by a caterpillar will do that lol
Tiny beast are everywhere.
The audacity is what gets me, I can't even be that mad.
tnyr5
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It could just be a bum flower that just happened to be chewed superficially. Even his noodliness occasionally throws a crippled flower.
Nah, it was definitely a little caterpillar of some sort, there is frass all over that flower.
Early bloom for my spicerianum, it has been a reliable January bloomer for the last few years.
My first ever supardii, it's a funky little thing but I like it.
My first ever supardii, it's a funky little thing but I like it.
I love all of your blooming Paph’s ! So beautiful!
I just started with some of the large multi florals. I have limited space but gotta love all those flowers!
I just started with some of the large multi florals. I have limited space but gotta love all those flowers!
