Paphiopedilum gigantifolium

[JPMC]

A first bloom seedling for me. The plant is 36 inches tall and 32 inches wide. Each flower is about 3 inches across and 4 inches tall. I have never seen one in bloom in person and was anticipating much smaller flowers. To me, the flowers are pretty large for a multifloral species.

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[Dandrobium]

Oh my :clap: That is gorgeous :drool: I need to make room for one...

 

[troy]

Excellent!!! not many of these floating around

 

[JAB]

Nice!!!!

 

[tnyr5]

Congrats! Beautifully grown.

 

[dodidoki]

Omg!!!! :drool:

 

[Spaph]

So great to see, great growing, blooming and photography of this amazing species. It is going to be exciting times as many grower's seedling start to bloom like yours!

 

[John M]

That's incredible. LOVE IT!

 

[Wendy]

Wow...just WOW! It's fabulous! Congratulations. :clap:

 

[Justin]

Awesome! I have never seen one either. Have two nice seedlings growing well so maybe someday!

 

[PaphMadMan]

That's a more appealing flower than other pics I've seen - good color, lots of character.

 

[SlipperFan]

I love this species. Would you please share how you are growing it?

 

[Paul]

wow!! so nice!!!

 

[JPMC]

I love this species. Would you please share how you are growing it?

I grow it about 40 inches away from a 100w LED plant light. The potting medium is 80% fir bark and 20% perlite. It is kept indoors all year and gets day temps of 80F and night temps of 65F in the summer and winter is about 5-10F cooler. I fertilize weekly with a Michigan State fertilizer at 125-150 ppm.

 

[SlipperKing]

Wow JP! Fine job you have done. No staking either? A large 2nd growth as well? That spoke must of gotten very close to the lights, yes? Was this one of Sam's original offers of Dark Warrior X self?

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[Ozpaph]

super.
What a great spike!

 

[Camellkc]

A first bloom seedling for me. The plant is 36 inches tall and 32 inches wide. Each flower is about 3 inches across and 4 inches tall. I have never seen one in bloom in person and was anticipating much smaller flowers. To me, the flowers are pretty large for a multifloral species.

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A nice clone. Could you show me the picture of the whole plant?

 

[JPMC]

Wow JP! Fine job you have done. No staking either? A large 2nd growth as well? That spoke must of gotten very close to the lights, yes? Was this one of Sam's original offers of Dark Warrior X self?

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It's 'Awesome' x self. I think that it is from Piping Rock Orchids.

 

[JPMC]

A nice clone. Could you show me the picture of the whole plant?

The top image is the whole plant. The top of the pot is just off the bottom of the image.

 

[NYEric]

32" wide. A small one then. Congrats, and thanks for sharing.