When Do Most Paphs Bloom?

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Originally Posted by jeremyinsf

Just curious - which sequential do you have? And I'm excited to see your Julius when it happens. I'm probably going to get a Bernice at some point.

Having said that, temp at night is just a bit low imho, but the plants can adapt. Most growers that I know 'chill' their multis down to 55 when they want to trigger a spike (i.e. to get them to bloom early in time for Mother's Day) but they don't grow them that low in general.

Both the Roth and Sandie (as you know from our other threads) especially *usually* require to be a certain size before they will bloom. On paper, they should be spring/summer bloomers though.

I'm sure you realize already, that you picked some of the 'toughest' ones to grow, in general. But don't let that stop you - and I'd be the last to discourage you. They might just take a bit more patience to grow and get the right size. I'd go with the 'lots of light' model.

The sequential is P. moquettianum 'Pine Knot' x self. The Julius is in low spike right now according to the eBay ad. It was just emerging as of 6 January, 2014. I'm not sure how fast they shoot up... Hopefully it'll open shortly after I receive it.

I know it is quite a bit low... Nepenthes grow in the same area, and many of these paphs seem to grow at lowland elevations (according to that data sheet linked to above). I've grown lowland Nepenthes in my greenhouse (in which I grow almost exclusively highland Nepenthes) and they survive well. They slow down in winter, but in summer they grow very fast.

I thought paphs get sun burned easily? The two I have in the greenhouse look fine so far. They get a fair amount of sun. Should grow faster than in a windowsill, I would hope.

Originally Posted by littlefrog

They bloom a week after the show, or six months away from the thing you want to cross it with...

Seriously I see more blooms in the spring and fall, but in my very mixed collection there are always several things blooming. They don't seem very seasonal to me. Had several different multiflorals all spike up at the same time in late october this year.

Hah! That first line cracked me up. That bugs me about my Nepenthes two. They all bloom in the same season, but some are too early and some are too late. I can't really choose, all I can't do it randomly pollinate.