Paph. sukhakulii with two flowers on one spike
 

Perhaps this is more common than I realize but my seedling sukhakulii bloomed with two flowers on one spike.

http://u1.ipernity.com/16/03/33/2670...9a6.100.jpg?r1

Lots more pictures here:
Orchids in Bloom: Paphiopedilum sukhakulii

Congrats on your twins! Beautiful and unusual!

Thanks for your comments and for taking the time to look.

That is just awesome ! The plant gave you two lovely flowers instead of one....it looks like a two headed hydra....I love the spotted petals and the flowers color and form is lovely.

Mine does that fairly frequently. Makes for a nice show.

Thanks, Bud and Terri, for commenting, and, Terri, it's nice to know that this is not that rare. Maybe I'll get two flowers every time it blooms!

Very Nice Ron
Love the Colours on this one

Thanks, Monika.

i think the reason I am obsessed with these kids are because they almost look alien/carnivorous plant like to me, so cool.

Really awesome, and amazing color!

Thanks, Kindrag and Tommy. My reasons for loving Paphs are the same, Kindrag.

Awesome! I love the colors, and boy do they "pop" against the black background!

Thanks, Sonja. I think if you look closely you'll see that it's actually a very dark blue background, but your point is the same.

Very pretty...love it!

Very nicely grown and photographed!

Thanks, Dweam and Silken. You comments are much appreciated.

veeeeeeeery nice!

Thanks, Massimo.

my first and fav paph was the sukakulii, and it is still just as wonderful! good growing!!

Thanks, friend.

It is nice very cute, it looks like a two headed Oger (sp) hee hee hee, I didn't mean that badly.

I too think it's beautifully bizarre.

Very nice sukh! I'll show your gorgeous photos to my sulking one, maybe it'll start spiking then. :nod:

Thanks, friend. Hope it helps.

I think having two flowers too closely together like that and one shadowing the other reduces the overall beauty of it.

I did follow the other link and I LOVE the picture of just one flower (before the second bud opened).
The flower has really great shape and color, very representative of this species!

Certainly didn't expect it to have two flowers and can't say I disagree with you about the way they obscure each other.

I've pinched the second one off early when I've seen it's going to do that and I don't want it - allows it to put all the energy into the one flower that way.

Did I say the flower is really nice! ;)

Yeah, after buying so many paphs this year, I see some of the "maudiae types" have two buds on one spike. I do not like it that way. Next time I will pinch them off early on and maybe that will make the single flower bigger?

That's been my experience. I've also done the same on a sequential complex made with P. primulinum and gotten a really big flower out of that too (knowing I won't get a couple more, of course).

That is interesting on that sequential type.
My Paph. Jolly Holiday has two flowers open and I see at least two more coming.
I like this much better than Honey. Well, at least my Honey only had one flower open, with maybe one or two days overlapping of one old fading flower and another new one opening.

Sorry about hijacking, Ron.

No problem with highjacking. Enjoyed the posts and may pinch a flower myself the next time it blooms if it's going to produce two.

Wow, looks really good. I like your pictures when the second bud was not yet open as well.

Can't make up my mind about it, not maybe it'll never bloom with two flowers again.