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I found this growing in my Paph Michael Koopowitz x Paph rothschildianum today!
Is this another plant growing? Thanks

It is your same plant growing! That is a new growth starting. This is good. It means a couple things. 1) the old growth is mature or close to mature, and might bloom. 2) you are doing something right.

Paphs are sympodial, like cattleyas. That means they grow out, not up. New fans of leaves are the only way to get more flowers, each fan will only bloom once (out of the center).

Looks like a happy plant.

Hey Sue, Congrats its a new growth!. You're paph likes you. If you don't like it though you can always send it to me. :)

OOOPS! I typed in the wrong name earlier :blushing:
This is my Paph Michael Koopowitz x Paph rothschildianum, not St Swithin

Very excited to find this! I noticed the leaf in the center a few days ago but only noticed the new growth on the side today :)

Thanks for the info... :)

Yay new growth! By the way, your hybrid has a name...

Paph. Shin-Yi's Pride (Michael Koopowitz x roth)

I saw one of these in bloom at the store, they're quite striking!

:D Thanks a lot Scott :cheer:

How long were the petals on the ones you saw?

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Do you see what I see? :shock:

Nice new growth coming along - good job Susanne...and plant!

Looks like a great looking plant.......check one out here......

http://www.slipperorchids.info/paphc...nYisPride1.jpg

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:dance: :dance: :dance:
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Hi Tindo,

Monopodial means "single foot" and it describes the development of new growths more accurately than new leaves.

A Paph appears monopodial on an individual growth, but the next growth comes up beside the older growth. Monopodials don't have "next growths" unless the tip of the active growth is damaged. Then they might put out an emergency backup growth. Left to their own devices, they'll grow happily forever out of the top of their single growth.

If, when you think of sympodial, you envision a Catt, you see that the growths are linear, from oldest to newest, sometimes branching. Paphs are sympodial, but follow more of a concentric circle pattern. The oldest is typically in the center, and the newer growths can appear anywhere around it.

Some Paphs are stoloniferous - noteably some Parvi species and hybrids - which means they'll sometimes send out a rhizome-like stolon and a new growth can pop up some distance from big mama.

I have a question for the pros and I've learned the hard way how many hang out here! ...I have a book that lists Neofinetia as a monopodial genus, yet I would have sworn for all the reasons stated above that it was sympodial. Is the book wrong, or my understanding?

Julie

A favorite childhood carol! Nice, Tindo!

As for relationships, it's all intermingled. Not just within orchids, but wider plant taxonomic groupings. Different properties are governed by different chromosomes. Some occur with like species, subsections, or genera, and some pop out of no where within totally different sections and genera.

Still, the learning is a wonderful experience!

Julie

Hey Susanne, nice job, yes I see what you see, another baby...your paph looks happy :D happy :D happy and showing you in a great way...nice job...:)

Well... I agree that neos appear sympodial. As do ascocentrums like miniatum and ampullaceum. But, we all know ascocentrums are monopodial, too! And some, like Asctm. christensonianum, are definitely that way. I think of them as monopodial orchids that keiki a lot from the base.

Anyway... So, interesting observation. I had never really thought about it before. There must be something in the definition that is escaping me too, or it is a false distinction. Personally, I think it is an example of trying to shove a diverse set of things into only two boxes. We know that vandaceous things (which includes phalaenopsis) are by far monopodial, so they all are, even when they aren't. History, artifact of taxonomy, I don't know.

Rob (only semi-pro)