Paphiopedilum tranlienianum
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Is it really that pink? Looks like the colour is 'off' in the photo.
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pink
Nothings guaranteed.
Don
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It is possible , I saw a tranlienianum of near dark red (very little brownish in it) from Miki Orchids,
tranlienianum has greenish white, light green taupe, tan, dark brown green, to reddish brown, purplish brown.
So pink is possible, however you have to observe it when the bloom is fresh to be sure it is really pink, because flower color changes during its lifespan, many purplish brown tranlienianum color fade to pink when the flower almost done blooming and start to wrinkle.
The red/pink forms are amazing! Now I have added to my wishlist! Thanks for sharing!
On that note, I hope my tranlieniaum alba will grow more. It has been quite stagnant the last 6 months. It's next to my regular type tranlienianum who is getting bushy.
On that note, I hope my tranlieniaum alba will grow more. It has been quite stagnant the last 6 months. It's next to my regular type tranlienianum who is getting bushy.
KelpMax?
I do use KelpMax in my regime for over 3 years. But didn't make difference to these tranlienianums. I have change light strengths and temperatures to no avail. I guess they will bloom at their leisure LOL.
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I have the same experience: the regular form grows bushy and green, the albas grow super slow and anemic-looking. Fingers crossed for this fall.
It probably needs a drop in temp.
They get a cool winter rest of 15C at nights. All the other cool paphs like fairrieanums, charlesworthiis, henryanums, villosums, spiceriaums and tigrinums bloom in this cool growing area. So I’m perplexed.
