Paph thaianum (thaianum 'Chou Yi Round' X sib)

[bigleaf]

Paph thaianum (thaianum 'Chou Yi Round' X sib)

Waiting patiently for this little plant to flower. Bud started to emerge since 3-17-2015. Probably two more weeks before this opens. This group of plants are in bloom when I visited Chou Yi Orchids in Taiwan last week. Our blooming season is slower than Taiwan (subtropical climate). My heater was still running this past couple days and tomorrow is May already.

I have this in moss because these were imported wrapped in moss. I don't want to disrupt the flowering. I tend to underwater so moss works well for my growing condition.

It's been almost two month since imported so a few of these are now potted into more open mix (adding sponge rock, bark, charcoal).

 

[NYEric]

They look good. Are they for sale on your website?

 

[bigleaf]

They look good. Are they for sale on your website?

Yes, thanks for asking. I have a few plants available. I kept these on heat mat and grow them like phals. So far so good.

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the info.

 

[abax]

Do you think the bloom is open completely in the last
photo? I think it's quite lovely.

 

[Wendy]

Lovely. I've been thinking of getting one of these. Are you scheduled to come to Canada this year?

 

[SlipperFan]

Sweet. Very distinctive leaves.

 

[Migrant13]

Nice flower and beautiful foliage.

 

[Ozpaph]

very cute

 

[MaryPientka]

Beautiful!

 

[SlipperKing]

Very nice. I put a bid on the one you listed on Ebay but wasn't iinterested in bidding any higher then what you had listed on your site! Note: I didn't win either:rollhappy:

 

[Spaph]

I just love this small species! Thanks for posting!

 

[Paphluvr]

The pattern on the leaves reminds me of a whale shark.

 

[bigleaf]

Update on my Paph thaianum
Pouch is a bit funky probably due to repotting, should improve on larger plant

 

[Marco]

Awesome for a mini paph - Thanks Peter!

 

[rdlsreno]

Pretty!!!

Ramon

 

[abax]

Funky beautiful, you mean. Mr. Lin, you're deep in the
Paph. weeds now!

 

[SlipperFan]

Funky beautiful, you mean. Mr. Lin, you're deep in the
Paph. weeds now!

:rollhappy::evil:

 

[Mocchaccino]

The first sight on this thaianum I thought it's kind of an albino. Until you mentioned it's an update. Had those dots faded? I could not see the pigments on the petals when compared to your first bloom photo.

 

[bigleaf]

The first sight on this thaianum I thought it's kind of an albino. Until you mentioned it's an update. Had those dots faded? I could not see the pigments on the petals when compared to your first bloom photo.

They are two different flowers. First open flower photo I took was a different plant in Taiwan.

I was updating photos of the small plant in bud.