Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum

[paphjoint]

This one just opened
Flowerspan 10.5 cm spike 30 cm

 

[slippertalker]

That's a nice Paph lawrenceanum! It is rarely grown and bloomed these days.

 

[smartie2000]

Very nice! I love those colours

 

[NYEric]

Great photo.

 

[TADD]

Well done!

 

[Heather]

Nice to see, we see it so often as a distant parent these days but not the "real original"

 

[Greenpaph]

Very beautiful, Uri!

Great photo as always!

:clap: :clap:

 

[WolfDog1 (C. Williams)]

Must have one.

Nice.

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice flower and photo.

 

[Gideon]

Very nice, great photo too

 

[toddybear]

Very clean looking flower! Well done!

 

[Rick]

Very nice Uri.

Can you compare how this species grows versus calosum?

 

[paphjoint]

No not really Rick - I've been growing this plant for 15 years with no problems - I can't say this for callosum's - never been able to keep a plant for more than 5 years - so far

 

[Rick]

That's very interesting Uri.
I recently got a large multi growth lawrencianum so can't say much about keeping it versus the callosums. But I have yet to keep a BS callosum for much more than a couple of years. They grow and flower like crazy in the meantime.

I have a bunch of seedlings from a selfing I did. I'm going to try several strategies for potting mix and light levels on them.