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:

More pictures from show

Paphiopedilum seedlings: three weeks after deflasking

Seedlings are sill alive but I have noticed that moss stays wet too long. I think because there is not that many roots, moss doesn't have chance to dry out as fast as it did with my phalaenopsis deflasklings.
I decided to do something about it which of course involved pulling seedlings out of the medium.
Instead of having moss all the way to the bottom of the pots I filled pots for about half way with large bark pieces. Then put layer of moss above it.
I also made community pots a bit more crowded, so there are now four compots of sandie and only two of stonei.

Paph. sanderianum:



Paph. stonei:



Sanderianum seedlings look happier at the top but stonei grew a bit more of new roots while sandies use old flask roots still. Maybe different species have different priorities while growing, I don't know.
I threw away two more seedlings of stonei because of rotting damage on the leaves. And then there were 14....
Sanderianums count is still over 30, I didn't throw any yet...

New phrags

This is something I always wanted but didn't dare because of dry conditions in the house. Now with tanks I decided to try.
So, here is Phrag besseae :



It came from John Marcotte at Orchids Canada. The plant is just perfect: immaculate leaves, nice healthy roots and a spike! We'll see if it will bloom or drop.

The second plant is a hybrid between besseae and longifolium - Phrag. Eric Young:



I got it at the show in Montreal. The foliage on it is not perfect and has some damages, so normally I wouldn't buy such plant but three reasons made me do it anyway:
1. it has a spike;
2. damaged are old leaves, there are 4 fans,
one new growth:



and each of the mature growths has a small green nub which I hope will become a new fan:



So, even though it does not look all that nice now, I think it has a potential.
3. it was really cheap.

I put them into the larger tank:

Bud watch: Paphiopedilum Deperle 'Philippe'

I haven't had paphiopedilum bud watch for a while. The longest bud I waited for was Paph. malipoense, it took around 6 months from spike start to bloom.
Let's see how long this one will take.



I should probably mention that I get absolutely no credit for getting this plant to bloom. It was purchased with spike already started...