I bought 2 paph venustums from SVO , but neglecting them for a while ( in fact the neglection was equally treatment of the whole collection) , the plants lost their leaves . Then a few months ago , I noticed that one of them had a bud, I gave it a little bit more water , however the effort was late coming and the flower also had some insect problems at the top of the pouch (@ bottom of the v shape rim, the location where the 2 halves of the pouch met )
Maybe those were the reasons which result in the flower not opens properly, the pouch is wrinkly (not fully inflated) , and the rim of the pouch could not spread straight. The color is not as dark and red as Sunset Valley SVO venustum "Christmas" on their website , but seems to have potential
![venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 2.JPG venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 2.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/30/30705-74021d3d98a051c7804d48b72cba0154.jpg)
![venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 3.JPG venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 3.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/30/30706-5e0b7d5e8cb8501d940dbad997e149d4.jpg)
![venustum SVO x Delightful Dark.JPG venustum SVO x Delightful Dark.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/30/30707-ad74d9354d9a8db62cce895ba5ce3e84.jpg)
Maybe those were the reasons which result in the flower not opens properly, the pouch is wrinkly (not fully inflated) , and the rim of the pouch could not spread straight. The color is not as dark and red as Sunset Valley SVO venustum "Christmas" on their website , but seems to have potential
![venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 2.JPG venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 2.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/30/30705-74021d3d98a051c7804d48b72cba0154.jpg)
![venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 3.JPG venustum SVO x Delightful Dark photo 3.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/30/30706-5e0b7d5e8cb8501d940dbad997e149d4.jpg)
![venustum SVO x Delightful Dark.JPG venustum SVO x Delightful Dark.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/30/30707-ad74d9354d9a8db62cce895ba5ce3e84.jpg)
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