The Effects of High Light on Paphs

[RJSquirrel]

I keep readin that multi floral paphs need much more light to bloom nicely and properly than your single flowered or successive flowering growers. I tend to believe very little of what I read until I can try it for myself. Anyway this is a a paph honey addicted thats being grown outdoors in full morning sun and then shaded the rest of the day. This paph thinks its a cactus ..just missin the thorns. But just thought I would see what kind of other light your paphs might be grown under and how they respond over time. This one old growth bloomed out and now a 2nd is maturing with a nubbin on the side of both of them. Im impressed to say the least what the high light has done for the overall look of the plant #1.I love blooms but I have to look at the plant all the time and I take every effort to keep them clean and pretty for the pay off..



this is one happy damn paphy!!!

[karategirl73]

That looks awesome!!

[annak]

Wow!!! Great looking! One happy paph!!!
I' running to get mine out of the shade

[JaneEyre]

Very nice results indeed. Although I don't have any paphs, I didn't think they could handle so much light. Great experimentation.

[Daenerys]

That sure looks impressive!

I have a young paph sanderianum that's growing in cattleya light with no visible burn damage. Seems to be doing well. I have another noid paph with mottled leaves that I keep farther from the lights. Been catious about taking that one out of the shade.

[NYCorchidman]

I've had paph. Honey and it could be the individual plant difference, but mine never "stood up" like yours. I grew mine in fairly high light all day and it stayed flat like most of my other paphs do.

By the way, I would not consider what you are giving to your paph as high light.
East window is perfect for many types of orchids. Morning sun is not strong enough to do much damage and most orchids take it very well and grow very nicely in the east window.

Shade in orchid culture doesn't mean dark shade like what most people would think shade as.
Rather it just means very bright without direct sun.
Some paphs grow fine with low light, but that is still not the optimum, or brighter than what many people think as shade.
Orchid nusery that grows paphs give them very very bright light with no direct sun on them.