I like to visit the flower market and find something I had in mind. or sometimes find something totally unexpected.
This past week, I had both of these occasions. One is a vini color maudiae, Paph Hilo Ruby 'Double Diamond' x Paph Hsinying Glory#2. I have seen quite a few vini color in the past one month, but they all had issues with bloom. I am quite happy with this one but still in search of even darker, almost black one.
The other one is a spotted complex type, Paph Pandemonium 'Shock Wave' HCC/AOS x Paph Thunder Mountain 'Monarch Pass'.
I have always been quite grossed out by the spotted complex paphs, but when I saw one in person last week, it was quite stunning! It was the only one left too, so I didn't have much choice but bringing that baby home.
The spotted one is quite big. The bloom spreads out to be about 6.5 in, bigger than the green complex I have.
The leaf span and the leaves size are also larger. a bit worried about the big size already.
One thing I don't like about the way many of these paphs are sold is that they seemed to be cut off as a single growth from a larger clump. I hear that it is not a good thing for a plant. Even these single cut off plants usually come with one or two tiny little new growths attach to the main growth, but these two new guys are totally on their own. oh, welll, what do I do?
For now, I just kick back and enjoy the beautiful blooms.
More new paphs!!!
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