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| Paphiopedilum dianthum |
This orchid began flowering sooner than expected! I felt I had only recently posted about it but when I looked back, the post was dated July 28, 2014. It had been five months but it would appear that this orchid is happy and decided to flower quite so soon. Just a brief refresher for those interested, Paphiopedilum dianthum is native to Southwestern China and Northern Vietnam, where the forest is semi-deciduous, evergreen with mossy wet areas.
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| A) Due to the unexpected speed of growth, by December 14th, the flower stem had three buds. |
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| B) The three buds up close. |
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| C) By January 18th, the buds had almost fully developed. |
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| D) A more detailed photo of the three flowers on January 18th, 2015. |
E) A side-by-side comparison of the flowers, Jan 18th (left) and Jan 25th (right). Notice that all of the side petals are fully spiral in shape (right).
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| F) The full status of our Paphiopedilum dianthun today. All blooms are fully opened on January 25th, 2015. |
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| G) Arne wanted me to mention that the horizontal spread, i.e. the length from the left side of the flower to the right side is 15 cm. |
H) I thought it would be interesting to see the contrast before the flowers bloom on Dec. 14th, 2014 (left) and the final product today (right).
I hope you enjoyed the photos and my post today. Again I must say, this is one of my favorite orchids. The unique shape and hue makes it very exotic.
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