Two new micranthums

Here are two blooming sized micranthums that I got from trading my seedlings in. One of them has nice clean foliage and haven't bloomed yet. I already had two micranthums before and one of those is still alive, so this one will be Paphiopedilum micranthum III:



The other one had attempted the bud, but it dried out. Foliage has some damage, but there is a new fan growing out under the leaves, so when it is mature - plant will look nicer. Paphiopedilum micranthum IV:

Paphiopedilum stonei

Paphiopedilum stonei seedling came from Le Paradis des Orchidees in Montreal, full name is Paph. stonei 'Crown' x sib



It is my second attempt to grow stonei. First one was a flask from Orchid Inn, it wasn't very successful. Hopefully this seedling will survive.
I lives in small tank together with phals and warmth loving paph seedlings...

Paphiopedilum henryanum

New paph arrived today in the mail. I purchased Paph. henryanum from a member of SlipperTalk forum.
Plant looks gorgeous, 8 growths, spotless leaves.
It came barerooted, I mixed some fir bark with perlite and charcoal and added few river rocks to pot new henryanum.
Here it is in all its glory:



I placed henry in the larger tank beside my new phrags. Hope he will like brighter light and occasional slight breeze from the fan:

Paphiopedilum sanderianum

Seedling of Paph. sanderianum that I have since April:



Here is the picture of it when purchased.
Since then it put up some growth and is still alive. Although the growing is very slow and I have no idea how many more years is it away from blooming.
I noticed some growing root tips in the pot:



That's a good sign.

Paphiopedilum purpuratum

This is a new fan growing on Paphiopedilum purpuratum.



Main plant was having some rot problems from the beginning where I was cutting brown piece of the leaf then the edge would get brown again, I would cut more, it'd get brown more. I was ready to throw away the whole thing when I noticed a small nubbing of new fan. Now it grew to this size, so I decided to log the plant in.
Here are the remains of the main plant - two brown pieces:



There are also two more new green entities(future fans or roots, I don't know yet) down at the base, they prevent me from trying to cut off the old brown pieces.

Now, the new fan has some brown edging on the bottom leaf too, so I might still end up throwing the whole thing away, but not just yet.

Paphiopedilum bellatulum

I think it is in full bloom now and will not open more. I staked the spike with the skewer so the flower is not squished down.

Paphopedilum bellatulum

Paphiopedilum bellatulum blooms. Although I am not sure if it is fully opened yet, or will progress some more.




Flower close up:



Plant from the side:

Rotted bud and opening bud

Well, I sort of expected this to happen, because I sprayed miticide all over my paphs including the buds. Bellatulum and malipoense are a bit further ahead and buds already came out on the longer spikes - they are fine. Paph emersonii bud was still very low and probably got too much miticide in the base.
Here is the result - rotting bud:



It is very disappointing considering how long it takes for a new growth to mature enough to flower. I think I will never see its flowers. :(

Bellatulum was sprayed too but it didn't matter for the bud. It is starting to open now. Probably tomorrow or the day after it will be in full bloom. This is just a preview (looks kind of funny, doesn't it?):