Paph. sanderianum: one week after deflasking

It is probably too soon for any updates, but I just wanted to record that all of them are still alive and make a separate picture of each compot closeup so it will be more convenient to watch them grow (or die).

Paph.sanderianum x sib ('Mini' AQ/AOS x 'Dr. John' AM/AQ/AOS)



Compot 1:



Compot 2:



Compot 3:



Compot 4:



Compot 5:

New seedlings losses

It is a sad day: I threw away quite a few small seedlings of paph. stonei that I just deflasked last Friday.
Of course it was all my fault. I didn't realize how thin and fragile the plants are when I was taking them out of the flask.
Some of the plantlets got bent through the stem. I didn't even know how many of them were damaged like that until I saw this:



Notice the brown "belt" around the plant, I think it started to rot through. After checking each pot I found more. As it always happens, affected ones were the largest and those with most roots. They all went to garbage.
Oh well, it was my first paphiopedilum flask and apparently they are not as easy and sturdy as phalaenopsis.
There are still about 15 plants left, I rearranged them into two large pots and one small.
Now I am not so confident that all of them will survive.

Sanderianum seedlings were shorter and fatter, they didn't get much damage except some broken leaves. No losses there yet...

Phalaenopsis K.S. Jadegreen 'Kung Sir'

Phalaenopsis K.S. Jadegreen is blooming again, second time for this year on totally new spike.



Flowers look different from previous blooming, picture is here. How is that possible, seems like the whole other plant.



I like this new look better...

Deflasked paphiopedilums

Recently I ordered two flasks from Orchid Inn: Paphiopedilum sanderianum and Paphiopedilum stonei.
I don't know what I was thinking, both species take over 7 years to get mature enough for blooming and paphs are not exactly easy plants. I think some success with phalaenopsis deflasking made me think that I can do anything...
Anyway, today I received the flasks:



Of course I deflasked right away. It is totally different from phalaenopsis. Flasking medium is really hard to wash off the plants, roots are very brittle, not flexible and break easy. Even though I put them in a bowl with water - that didn't help. I had to use the sprayer to squirt the black jelly from the roots.

Sanderianum in a bowl:



Stonei in a bowl:



Untangling roots was whole other story and took a while. Of course I broke quite a few perfect roots and even acidentally ripped large seedling apart.
I still don't trust myself with bark for small seedlings, so I used the same medium as with phalaenopsis deflasking : sphagnum moss.

Paph. sanderianum x sib ('Mini' AQ/AOS x 'Dr. John' AM/AQ/AOS):



Paph. stonei x sib ('Red Pouch' x 'The Best'):



I placed seedlings into smaller orchid tank with phalaenopsis in the shady corner.



Hoping for the best...

Phalaenopsis deliciosa

This plant was always standing in a corner of the orchid tank, not getting much of attention. I don't think I ever repotted it since purchasing over a year ago.

It grew a new leaf and started to look pretty decent, altough needing some fresh moss in the pot of course:



Well, last watering I noticed this:



No, not the root, a little spike just above it. It is so small and hiding under the leaf - hard to make a good picture.
Label on this plant was Phal. deliciosa var. yellow, so I am thinking it would be hookeriana. Hopefully spike will develop the blooms to confirm it.