I'll start this post by saying that something terrible happened to Quasar. Days after he bloomed, the petals suddenly began to droop fairly dramatically and I realized that he was very sick. The base of his leaves were a very dark orange/brown which to me was a sign of something I just wasn't equipped to cure. The flower became very soft but didn't fade the same way it would normally. The sad news is that I was unable to save him and to protect his neighbors, I had to put him down. I am very sad that this happened at such an exciting time in his life, but at least I did get one beautiful bloom.
Now for the good news! This is my newest bloom which I've dubbed Paphiopedilum "Venom". It's a wonderful green which was a surprise to me as I was expecting it to be dark red. Obviously I do not have the tag for it so I have no idea what type it really is but he's doing great! No sign of illness at all which I hope remains the case. I'm more nervous with my paphs as I see disturbing things on another plant and am really trying to prevent whatever it is from spreading. Ideally I would have a clean group of plants that I can just focus on helping thrive instead of trying to quarantine plants and worrying about infecting my healthy ones. Long Live Venom!
Now for the good news! This is my newest bloom which I've dubbed Paphiopedilum "Venom". It's a wonderful green which was a surprise to me as I was expecting it to be dark red. Obviously I do not have the tag for it so I have no idea what type it really is but he's doing great! No sign of illness at all which I hope remains the case. I'm more nervous with my paphs as I see disturbing things on another plant and am really trying to prevent whatever it is from spreading. Ideally I would have a clean group of plants that I can just focus on helping thrive instead of trying to quarantine plants and worrying about infecting my healthy ones. Long Live Venom!