Paphiopedilum Callosum – B

Description

How to take good care of Paphiopedilum Callosum orchid plant

1) Light: Always grow Paphiopedilum callosum in medium light. Never expose them to any direct sunlight. Supplementary fluorescent light provided from late autumn into early spring will help to promote good flowering.

2) Temperature: Normal room temperature are generally suitable. A cool summer temperature from 16 – 25C.

3) Maintain high humidity: Paphiopedilum callosum do best with 50-70% humidity but when mature will grow and bloom, although more slowly in lower humidity.

4) Water: Water moderately during periods of active growth, but allow the top few centimetres (0.8 inch) of the potting mixture to dry out before watering again.

During the six weeks after flowering, when Paphiopedilum callosum make little new growth, water them sparingly allowing the potting mixture to dry out almost completely between waterings.

5) Fertilising: Apply a foliar feed to Paphiopedilum callosum with every third or fourth watering, except during the six-week period of slow growth.

6) Potting and repotting: Use a potting mixture of equal parts of fibrous loam, peat moss, chopped sphagnum moss and coarse sand or perlite. Move plants into pots one size larger at the end of the flowering period whenever clumps of leaves completely cover the surface of the potting mixture. Be sure to keep leaf bases level with the top of the mixture; burying them deeper will cause rotting.

Flowering season: is from April to June