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Light Paphiopedilum enjoy medium light intensity, about 800-1000 foot candles throughout the year for optimal growth. Avoid direct sun, except in the early morning. In the house, move plants back from the window at the height of the midday sun or, ideally, grow them behind a shade curtain.
- How do you take care of a Paphiopedilum orchid?
- Are Paphiopedilum orchids terrestrial?
- How do I get my Paphiopedilum to bloom?
- How often do you water Paphiopedilum?
- Do orchids like sun or shade?
- When should I repot Paphiopedilum?
- What does a slipper orchid look like?
- Do slipper orchids have a scent?
- How do you fertilize Paphiopedilum?
- How long do Paphiopedilum flowers last?
- What do you do with slipper orchids after they bloom?
How do you take care of a Paphiopedilum orchid?
Water: Paphiopedilum must be kept constantly moist or damp, but not soggy. Check frequently below the surface to determine the need for water. Normal watering intervals are between seven and ten days. Light: Place in any bright window but protect from mid-day sun.
Are Paphiopedilum orchids terrestrial?
Paphiopedilum orchids are nicknamed “slipper orchids” because of the unusual shape of their flowers. However, they are different from the North American wildflowers known as lady's slipper orchids. Most Paphiopedilum species are terrestrial orchids, which means they grow in soil.
How do I get my Paphiopedilum to bloom?
Paphiopedilums prefers intermediate temperatures of 70-80°F during daytime and 50-60°F during nighttime. Longer exposure to cooler temperatures for weeks at a time will successfully produce blooms. This is especially true for some of its variants with clusters of flowers. Keep their roots moist.
How often do you water Paphiopedilum?
Water once or twice a week. Humidity for paphiopedilums should be moderate, between 40 and 50 percent, which can be maintained in the home by setting the plants on trays of gravel, partially filled with water, so that the plants never sit in water. In a greenhouse, average humidity is sufficient.
Do orchids like sun or shade?
These plants thrive in strong light, but direct sunlight can burn orchids. Bright, indirect light from an eastern or southern window is ideal. Leaf color is a good indicator of the amount of light an orchid is getting: Bright green leaves indicate a happy, healthy plant.
When should I repot Paphiopedilum?
Repot Paphiopedilum before the growing medium decomposes and before the plant has outgrown its pot, or when it needs dividing (i.e. about once each year).
What does a slipper orchid look like?
Their colors vary form a shiny green to being stunningly mottled. The leaves take on a fan shaped tuft and from the middle of each new growth a scape rises upwards with several flowers. ... However, some slipper orchids can have as many as ten flowers on each spike.
Do slipper orchids have a scent?
Lady's slipper is one of Finland's largest flowers with a diameter up to ten centimetres and it has a pleasant fragrance.
How do you fertilize Paphiopedilum?
As with mottled leaf Paphs, we recommend a balanced fertilizer, like 20-20-20. Orchid roots are sensitive to salts so we recommend fertilizing at about 1/4 to 1/2 the label rate. Use the 1/4 rate if you want to fertilize every watering, and the 1/2 rate if you fertilize every other time.
How long do Paphiopedilum flowers last?
The main blooming season is winter through early spring, although some Paphiopedilums produce new growths year-round and flower as each growth matures. Paphiopedilums make excellent pot plants. The flowers last for up to three months and the plants are attractive even out of bloom.
What do you do with slipper orchids after they bloom?
When the blooms are finished, cut the spike down to the level of the leaves. Continue watering and fertilizing and within a year a new growth will spike to begin the blooming cycle again! When the plant has finished blooming is a good time to repot your orchid.
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