Paphiopedilum philippinense 'Khairul Bariah'
Just an update on our awarded orchid, Paphiopedilum philippinense 'Khairul Bariah'. For those following my blog, I first posted about this orchid on May 19th, 2014. Then I updated by announcing that we received an Award of Merit (AM) for this clone by the American Orchid Society (AOS) on June 7th, 2014 (see image below).
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| Paphiopedilum philippinense 'Khairul Bariah' AM/AOS June 7th, 2014. |
I am happy to say that this Asian slipper orchid is still doing very well. We have the privilege of having six flowers again this year. In fact the flower stem is longer this year by 6 cm or 2.4 inches. Since it has grown so tall, this beauty is occupying my window in our second floor study. It could not fit in our orchidarium in the basement.
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| A) April 15, the flowers are coming! |
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| B) April 26. What a difference 10 days make! |
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| C) April 26. At this time, it was hard to tell how flowers we will get this year. |
As we chronicled the growth of this orchid, we were wondering if we could get six or more flowers this year. It was quite exciting to wait and see.
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| D) By May 9th, we saw at least five flower buds developing from the single flower stem. |
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| E) A close up of the top end of the flowers stem (D). Three flowers were 'rolling' out on May 9th. |
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| F) May 18, five flowers were fully opened. The last one at the very top is really taking its time to bloom. We were afraid it might not make it! |
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| G) All six flowers in bloom on June 13th. |
By June 10th, it was confirmed that the very last bud opened up and made the grand total of six flowers. We would love to have two influorescences or flower stems next time. If this were to happen, we may take this orchid for judging again! Who knows!
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| H) June 13, our obedient model, Anthony with our orchid on the back deck. |
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| I) June 13, profile of the four flowers. |
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