Would you be interested in a Paph ( Malkuli-Curtisii)-Maudiae x Maudiae "Napa Valley" HCC/AOS x sib It has 1 new growth almost mature and 1 P. bloomed growth . Its a little pale in color (grown in to much light) and a few leaf blumishes . Darwin

Beautiful bloom Richard and those spikes, wow! I am still struggling with growing paphs. I've only every re-bloomed one, a delanatii. I had both a concolor & a bellatulum that I lost. Once I'm more successful with these plants, those two will be tops on my list. These plants do seem to grow incredibly slow, but it seems if they ever get started they do take off. My last purchase was also a maudie type and just today noticed three nubs of new growth and one new root too! Be patient, so easy to say, so difficult to be! Happy growing. Sheila :)

i will like to see pic of noid den paph macabre contrasts

Hi lwowk/Larissa: My pair of 27w CFL's are about 2 ft away from the paphiopedilum x maudiae. The back-of-the-box info says a 27w CFL (=100w incandescent) has 1750 lumens. Note that I flower phalaenopsis equestris and amabilis, and Amesiella monticola under identical light set up. And these generally require more light than paphiopedilums which generally live on the forest floor. 55w CFL would be very bright by contrast. I would experiment and see how plant responds with growth, leaf color, etc. The only downside is that paphiopedilums are slow - and it could take weeks for an inciting event to express itself in plant growth. But if it burns, it should happen within 1-2 days. Play it by sight/ear. My 2 new growths that came out in August are still growing, slowly. Your plant is new(?) and probably spending its energy acclimating to your environment than into keiki growth - so don't worry. Plus it's winter. Do watch watering in winter. SCALES: I use Q-tip with 70% ethanol, checking 1-2 times a week. Persistence is the key. My Q-tipping rate eventually overtakes their multiplication rate and they disappear. Scales are cunning and hide in the most unlikely places. I have no experience using Neem or Safers on paphiopedilum. Check the link. Good luck, alvin