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.

Paphiopedilum Lady Isabel

I really like Paphiopedilum stonei, but it is rather hard to find it of a good blooming size. Paph. Lady Isabel is a cross between stonei and rothschildianum. It is quite beautiful too. I got it from Piping Rock Orchids at the show.
There are two fans and it does look like blooming sized plant.
Of course I re-potted it right away to check the roots, because it came in the black plastic pot.
Here is what was inside the pot:



All cleaned up with media soaking beside and a new clear plastic pot waiting:



I liked the conditions of the roots, they have few new growing tips and there was no rotted parts to trim. I didn't bother to uncurl them because old media did wash out easy and I didn't want to disturb the roots too much.



Here is Paph. Lady Isabel potted into new pot. Our tiles are 13 inch wide.

Paphiopedilum Fumi's Delight

Paph. Fumi's delight is a cross between micranthum and armeniacum. It is a small seedling that came from Clouds Orchids. Unpotted it demonstrated quite healthy roots:

I potted it back into slightly smaller pot:

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?):

Paphiopedilum Dick Wagner

Paph. Dick Wagner is a cross between Paph. bellatulum and Paph. Fanaticum. I never saw one in the real life, but pictures found on the web made me order a small seedling when I came across one at the Clouds orchids website.
The medium in a pot looked ok, but I wanted to check on roots, so I unpotted it:



Well, not many roots but whatever there is - looks healthy and happy. From what I see - usually parvis don't have that much roots.
I decided to take a bit smaller pot, but used the same media because - a) it still looks good; b)I don't have media that fine to fit small seedlings, my bark pieces are prety large.
Repotted Paph. Dick Wagner: