paph brother Vini has bud
 

I got this one in april from hausermanns in spike..took about a month or so to open up..
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Been taking pretty good care of him. I started a few months ago putting all my paphs into the Cold Room at night for the 10-15 degree drop in temp.

did the Fat Fan test and yup its lumpy :) and following the form of the other 2 spikes..2 leaves and then SPIKE :biggrin:

This is one of about 4 paphs I have that are budding now :) They like RJS Paph Mix tooo!!!:bowing

the flower is so dark the spike sheaths are striped in VINI Burgundy
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so we see in a few months if I was right and it is a bud and bloom

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Cool, it's a gorgeous looking one. Must be really exciting to have lot of Paphs budding/spiking. I have a bulldog type with three buds (on two spikes) just now but it's been well over 2 months I've been waiting for them :tapfoot:

exciting for me to see roots before all this and indeed its fun :) and we been waiting to see them blooms now for some time, they do seem to take awhile from discovery to fulfillment...and yup I know you look everyday :)

PS have a churchill/thunderhead paph I now think might have multiple blooms on it since I did the Fat vs Flat test...it had 5 fans and the middle one finally gave out so i clipped it off bec it had given itself back and was gone..so sad..but a few weeks later the new growths all started new leaves and they are fat fans now, all but one which is flat not fat...I dunno but Im gonna check everyday:)

almost 3 months to the day from discovery to just about open :)

http://oi54.tinypic.com/2yo39nc.jpg

1 of 25 blooms for december .. And why I love these paphs. No muss no fuss no blankets no superheaters needed..just water a little food and some well timed attention.. :)

Good Job! Success always feels good. Enjoy!