Eric Muehlbauer said:
If you can get it, its a slow grower, not easy to keep alive, but it does spike easily....Eric
Hello Eric,
Let me ask you a question - do you know fast growing paphs????

I only know slow growing ones, slower growing ones and P. rothschildianum is one of the slowest growing ones.
Rick said:
I've never seen a violacia in a collection. Give us some info on your experience Guru
Hello Rick and Pat,
What shall I say, I don't do anything special to it.
I purchased it as P. papuanum from a Taiwanese breeder/vendor on an orchid show (exhibition - we call it in Germany) nearly one year ago. Now I know after its first flowering it is P. violascens. It's funny but I purchased another P. violascens from a German nursery at the same day. It is a much younger plant and I think it will take another 2 years to get in flowering size. The colour of its leaves is a more lighter green therefore I think the colour of the flower will be lighter, too.
I grow all my paphs in the same potting medium which I explained yesterday.
If you read my introduction to the forum you will know I'm an indoor grower. They have to get along with a normal house/flat climate. Ok, there a warmer or cooler places, bighter or darker ones and so on but in the end all paphs have to get along with temperatures and humidity in our house.
Most orchids are very adaptable until a certain point and so are paphs.
I don't spray them at all. Since I ceased to spray all my paphs grow much better. I got used to spray from my greenhouse era but there is much less air ciculation/movement in a house/flat than in a greenhouse.
At the moment a new sprout is emerging at my plant so I'm sure it feels fine.
Best regards from Germany, GuRu
