Orchid-Paphiopedilum vini

Orchid-Lady slipper vini

                                
    ID#687-2
 
 

Genus comprises about 60 species in the Asia tropics from southern India to New Guinea and the Philippines. They are known as “Lady’s slippers” because of their pouch like lips.  All Paphiopedilum have flowers of a similar plan. In order to be classed as a vini color the  flower must be a clear purple-red without a trace of brown, and the tip of the pouch must be nearly black.


#687-1: Paph. Red Glory x Black Cherry x Black Magic x Paph. Starr Beam x Paph. Starr bright.


#687-2: Paph. Pacific Magic x Paph. Alma Gaveart x Paph. Voodo Magic.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: small

PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen Hybrid
GROWTH RATE: slow
TEXTURE: fine
LIGHT: filtered light, low to medium. Intermediate to warm temperature.

WATER: moist well, drained, do not allow to dry completely.
high humidity 60-70 %
SOIL: best potted in small fir bark
Re-pot once per year.
As observed in Coastal NC.

BLOOMS:Deep Burgundy Lateral sepals are fused into a “synsepal” that is usually small and more or less hidden behind the pouchlike lip. Dorsal sepal large and showy. Petals may be round or linear, curved or undulate. Mid winter to early spring.

FRUIT  AND  SEED: N/A, propagate by  division.

KEY FEATURES: Hybrid, a cross between:callosum x lawrenceanum. Mottled leaves.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch

Two plants in 2” inch pots with different cultivars “pedigree”: 687-1 & 687-2
Keep in shade and moist at all times. Use weak strength fertilizer, less than other orchid varieties.
-Re-potted May 18, 2012 in small fir bark and s bit of sphagnum moss mix.
-First flower open November 16, 2012
-Jan. 2014: (1) 4” plastic pot.
-Jan. 2015: Placed water plate during summer heat , all L.slippers liked it.
Doing well.
- August 2015: extreme heat, and lack of water, dead.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

November 16, 2012

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April 25, 2012

Leaf markings

November 16,  2012

August  2015