How to care for Paphiopedilum orchids - watering, fertilizing, reblooming 

This video is so timely for me. I recently purchased a paph and it's blossoming right now - beautiful! Now I know what to expect in the future. I've saved this video so I can refer to it in the future - particularly when it's not blossoming every year and I want to know why and what to expect. Thank you so much for being there for all of us.

Thank you for this video. I'm going to pick up my paphiopedilium this Sunday. I'm slowly becoming an orchid collector because of your videos.

Thank you so much for all the information! You are my go-to for any info I might need. You seem to already have covered it all!

I don't have one of these yet...but I definitely have it on my list. Thank you for this very informative video...now I'm ready to get one!!! :)

Just got back from the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show with some new orchids so I'm re-watching some of your uploads to refresh my memory on the care of certain types of orchids. I continue to be amazed by how much research you do for your care videos. Each one is packed with so much information. :)

I've got a Paphiopedilum Pinocchio, with pink shoe. I'm amazed at how resilient this plant has been considering all the neglect it's had. I have honestly had this one for many, many years. I've never even once repotted it, I have never fertilized any of my orchids and I forget to water them weeks after weeks. Yet, this little guy has given me flowers almost every year! One thing I've learned is that it likes a cool place during the winter months, so I keep it by my coldest window (the coldest window in my house is the bedroom, I have never kept Phaleanopsis here, but the Paph and the Oncidiums seem to like it. The only problem with the bedroom window is that when the summer kicks in the sun is shining directly there from sunrise until about 1.00 p.m. I've noticed the direct sunlight burns the leaves. So every spring/summer I need to put this plant somewhere in the shade. The other problem I've got is that even in the shade my entire house can reach temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius in the summer. This is unbearable even for me. I think this year we'll try to look for a small inexpensive air conditioner, at least for a room or so. It's not so common with air conditioning in the Netherlands.

Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. They are so informative.

Amazing video, covered almost all of my doubts! Subscribed

Awesome video Dani. Please keep on going..

I nearly bought one of these today!!! Think I might go back to the store and get one 😂🙈

A lot of info. Love your video, thank your for sharing your knowledge.

Beautiful.

Can you do an update on this video? Like do you water Paphiopedilums like you do Phalaenopsis? (Let sit in water and then drain?)

My favorite orchids! Thank you for the extra care info. I noticed that the blooms last longer away from too much heat/a warmer location.

Thanks so much for this video! The two orchids I am planning for next year is a paph and a psychopsis. I am really excited to get these someday, and your videos are so so helpful! I'm trying to figure out my watering schedule for all the orchids I have now, but I only have 8, which isn't so many!! I am getting my first flower spike on my odontocidium wildcat, and it is growing maybe 1cm per day and I am thrilled. It's my first ever rebloom, and I have to give some credit to you for showing me and others the right way to care for our orchids! My Nelly Islers are funny smelling to me- they smell like lemon, but they also smell like my stepmother's hair. It's uncanny! But in midday when the sun is brightest and they are at the peak of their smell, my room starts smelling like a candy shop near those two. Have a nice day!

Very, very informative and useful!

I found a perfect soil for this orchid it is 1 part carnivorous plant soil 1 part coconut husk 1 part orchid bark 1 part sphagnum

After watching your video I realized I should be giving my Paphs more sunlight. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about Paphs.

Thank you so much for this video. I went and did an ID on my no ID paphiopedilum. Mine is a callosum. Got super lucky and found it at my local grocery store for $15 US. I was so surprised as online it sells for $50 or more.

Great info, thanks!

Do you have any updates on how to care for these?

great video this is very helpful Danny! this is awesome... i was wondering if you had a video on paphiopedilum leaves , or how you can tell how healthy your paphiopedilum are based on how their leaves look? or even how to look out for bacteria's on paphs? your video about phal leaves recently made me think of that ! if you don't have it's ok ... xoxo Leah

Thank you!!I have been waiting for so long :)I love your paphiopedilum!! The first one.so when you said a year or two my heart sank.it really does take that long huh :(.once my paphs bloom soon, I won't see them again till a long long time.

thanks! great video!

Thank you so much on giving me advice for my Paphiopedilum orchid. This orchid is quite special to me and I want to do my best to not let the plant die. My Paphiopedilum hasn't bloomed since march but now I know I just have to be patient. I enjoy looking at the growing foliage, as my plant is slowly but surely growing larger. Right now I have 8 rosettes and 5 smaller growing shoots and its roots seem to be in a good condition :). I have a question though: some rosettes haven't bloomed yet (but are producing leaves) and at the same time they produce a smaller shoot, is this normal?

Thank you again 💚

Love the video! Was wondering if you have any tips from growing a paph in a closed terrarium?

Great video you answered all of my questions. Thanks Dani...

you are the absolute best!

You answered all my possible questions!

Gorgeous 😩

Hi, Danny!I can see fern with orchids in the pots. Did you plant it there?

You make very insightful videos, thank you! I'm wondering why my spike is purple (recieving too much light?) I just bought my hybrid Hsyining from a wholesaler that had orchids in a greenhouse and the bud used to be purple as well. Now it is light green. I moved it further to the left of a south facing window so we shall see what happens. Maybe I should move it to the opposite side of the room? The pattern on the leaves blend and are not distinctive. If this is the issue, how long will it be before I notice change in my Paph? Just curious. THANKS!

Hi! #1) thank you for your channel!!! It has helped me SO VERY MUCH!! #2) My paph (purchased 8-6-16 in bloom - is mottled and dark maroon colored) grew a little side paph and died off. That side paph is growing a new leaf, and the lowest leaf is turning yellowish. Is this normal?? Should I be worried?? It has not bloomed yet, it grew a new leaf last year and now is on leaf #5... I am so eager for it to rebloom but also know it is a slow grower :) Any advice would help sooo much!! (I have now: 1 paph, 1 phal, 1 oncid, 1 catlaya ... and take care of my sisters 3 phals)

Thank you so much for this video! Is it a good idea to add some ground shells to the potting media since these orchids like calcium?

So beautiful!! I have one that has very long curly petals/sepals I can't remember the name. The plant is somewhere in the greenhouse.

The Paphiopedilum resemble another genus, Cypripedium(lady slippers), in the subfamily Cypripedioideae. I had pink lady slippers growing in the wild in the wooded area of my land. The deer love eating them. Deer often come on to my property to feed. As a result, I no longer see lady slippers growing in the wild in my wooded area.

I got two of this lady slipper, maroon color... but its so dry... i put it in soil so thanks for the video im gonnna repot it...

your can try pumice, sand, charocoal with pine bark. for warmer climate pine bark is not advisable as it is degrades fast . calcium supplement are not compulsory neccessary as not all paphiopedilum thrives in limestone cliffs like rothschildianum and wardii in the kota kinabalu ranges are ultramafic rocks where nutrients is low

Hi can I propagate paphiopedilums orchid using the flowering stalk?

Would you use Leca pebbles with paphiopedilums.

I have a very large one that I’ve had for about 12 years and it has probably 10 actively growing clusters be in it. I was wondering how do I replant it? Do I want to replant the whole thing back together again in a lot bigger pot ( it’s in a 10” now and the new plants are hanging over the side)so It can continue to spread out or do I want to try to separate it. I don’t want to kill it I’ve had it for a long long time and it blooms regularly now but the new shoots are not in dirt and hang over the pot.

Hi danni i recently got a paphiopedilum villosum and insigne

Hi I think I should have watched this video before I did anything with my paphiopedilium orchid. It got very bushy so I thought after it flowered, so I seperated it into three plants. This was over three years ago, it sends up new shoots but has not flowered since. Is there anything I can do to help it flower? Many thanks Terry

Hi is the ph needs to be the same as or phals please?

I bought a couple and having difficulty keeping it alive. Not sure what media to use?

There are a few varieties of pahiopedilum that are NATIVE AMERICAN and can be grown in the garden OUTSIDE. Pink Ladies Slipper is mostly found in the Appalachian Mountains, Cumberland Mountains, Blue Ridge Mountains and foothill areas with good drainage in the landscape. the prefer deeply wooded areas near springs and rivers and sometimes slightly boggy areas. The can be found growing from east texas, , Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, georgia, North and South Carolina, and tennessee. I have seen some firsthand and they are fairly amazing. The root system of this orchid is semi-terrestial. it prefers to spread roots out sideways between the dirt layer and leaf layer. Where there is almost always some moisture to draw from. traditional orchid or porch potted plant type potting will not work. if you bury the root in soil they will rot. if you use bark or a medium too airy it will dry up in a single day and die. A level, soil with some small pebbles on top and then some more soil that just covers the pebbles and then placing the orchid roots out flat and then mulching it on top with two inches or three of leaf and pine needle mulch is best.:) Keeping it on a shady porch and just keep it watered. Thats it. Add to mulch layer as it decays. The funny thing is the flower is named, Cypripedium Acaule. But the flower is pahiopedilum. Are pahiopedilum's Cyprepedium's? Is it a sub-class of Cypripedium?

Hi Danny, how do you water your slipper orchid? Can you soak it like a phal?

Hi Dani Do you know anything about landscaping ground cover where it says the ingredients are "forest products and colorant"? I think the colorant is added color to make the product look like bark. Since you said paphs grow on the ground in forests I was wondering if they would survive in this type of medium. I saw the product at our big box Home Depo store for a very reasonable price. I was thinking about using it for my huge cymbidiums since it's time to repot those too. Any thoughts?

how did you repot paphiopedilum in the new set up of seramis? just like the others?

I added my first phaph to my collection. I've recently repotted and now it seems that my little lady's roots are dead. My mother plant's leaves are turning blank and there is only I baby off of her. What do I do at this point to save her?

What do you use to fertilize your Phaphs?

That white and green one looks like a pahiopedilum Maudie 'Napa valley' x pahpiopedilum (maukuli-curtisii)- Maudiae. Long hybrid name XD

Hi Danny , what is the ID of the first plant on this video. I was given one just like it but it does not have a tag. Thank you

Hi Danni, I am just starting the hobby and receive the mottled paphiopedilum from a friend not sure what colour it will bloom. My concern is she planted a Catleyla with it and now I need to repott both of them. Is there a way to do that.

Do the flowers on it smell good?? I just bought 2 seedlings one a species Paphiopedilum callosum and the other Bulbophyllum ambrosia. I'm new at this and enjoy all your videos to learn about my first a Phalaenopsis I bought myself around Christmas. :) I bought it at the grocery store and the other 2 on ebay out of Thailand. I'm having to be patient waiting for them so trying to learn what I can about them thus watching your videos on them...

Where do you get the pot with the wick?

I have this paphiopelium but the store owners i bought it from said it was supposed to have its roots above the soil. Should i cover more soil on top of the exposed roots?

so bark media, when they say a species likes to dry out, is the bark supposed to go like totally dry? I'm finding that despite being hot/humid here in Texas even in a clay pot, my bark media is staying damp despite being fresh media.....should I let the bark go mostly dry before watering again? (not for paphs) thanks, another great video!

Hey, What about my Javanicum and Glaucophyllum orchids that has not much information about them, They also Endangered, but they not look as hard as naturally growing Paph, my javanicum died because of acidic ant defecation and root rot

Hi.....great video, I bought one in Puerto Rico and brought it home with me to the state last week , the leaves are a little droopy, any advice on what to do for that?

I recently repotted my Paph, it's a green leaved one, not motted, Pinocchio. Anyway I was careful to not pot it to on top but really covering the roots. However in the past 2 weeks since the repotting, I realize some of the leaves are turning yellow. Is this bad?

hi Danny i love your videos , please help me I bought a Paphiopedilum orchid in a orchid show, a dark meroon colour very pretty ,its only five months ,leaves started to rot from the middle,is it a crown rot ?will the whole plant die? how can I care?,

I don’t see Paphiopedilum Odettes desire on your list. Does this one need calcium?

Hi Danni, is it ok to use seramis + hydroton for my paph. maudiae? if yes, how much seramis?

I have one paph and have been anxious about repotting it as I recently cut the spike (it lasted for a few months and then dried up) I now think I will mix some small bark pieces with mostly sphagnum moss and ensure to keep it moist! Question: do u think paphs would benefit from moisture trays like phrags do? I also own a schlimii and know she loves to be in water always so am curious if that goes for paphs as well :)

Can you make a video on how to care for phalaenopsis dendrobium hybrid orchids? I really need to know, because nomatter what I do, It just dying to me and that's it.

Hi Danny, could you please give the name for your Paphi with plain green leaves? I have the same one, and can't find the ID for it :) Also, I heard, that the plain green leaves Paphi's likes colder temp than dotted ones? xxx

I can't get the link to work. Does anyone have the list of Paphs handy? 🙏 Please

Where can I purchase this type of Orchids??!!

I have a few paphs as well and absolutely love them! Possibly one of my favs. I'm also expecting a few orchids to be delivered tomorrow; can't wait! One of them is called Monnierara Millennium Magic "Witchcraft", the black orchid. I found a nice orchid seller (kawamotoorchids) who's in Hawaii and usually sells/auctions his orchids on ebay. Unfortunately he doesn't ship them internationally, but they're still fun to look at. He also has a website: kawamotoorchids.com Thanks for the video. Your paphs seem to be much happier than mine lol. I guess I should give them more light.

Paphiopedilum plants prosper and propagate prolifically when properly potted and pandered in proper Paphiopedilum plant pots! So there! :)

Hi Dani I have a Paph Fairrieanum Red Glen x Magic Leopard and three leaves dried up. The orchid is doing good and I have it in coconut fiber only. It looks so much like yours but it is red instead. I just fertilized it and I just can't wait until it blossoms. I have it on a South facing window. Is there anything else I should be concerned about?

hi danny I bought a paphiopedilum in an orchid nursery and hopefully it is pahp but my only problem is that these paph is planted in soil and I tried repotting one of its big baby and it has like tons of roots and full of root tips and so can I or should I plant it in soil or coconut husk cause sphagnum is not avail in my country and I am not sure too cause the paphiopedilum I hope it is is so much bigger than the usual ones so I am confused??????? thanks in advance :):):):)

Okay, I have a question. Have you ever tried potting your orchid bare root directly in the pot with no media? Here in Hawaii many orchid growers like to grow species Cattleya orchids using this method. Because most Cattleya species like to be on the drier side more of the growers here are choosing to grow them in baskets with no media, this also gets rid of the need for repotting, and as you know Cattleya roots hate to be messed with so it's a good alternative to the traditional media in pot way.

hi what orchids do best in terrariums?.....i have a large demijohn bottle i would like to plant an orchid in.

I don't have a paphiopedilum but i do have the cypripedium.

Hey Danny! If I have a paphiopedilum that is a sequential bloomer and has a flower, would it okay if I repot it since I just bought it? In addition to that, would the flower spike fall if I repot the plant? On the othe rhand, do you recommend potting paphiopedilum in seramis or growstone?

I have a Rothschildianum that appears to be dying, can you help me save her please? Thank you in advance.

I a just bought a paphiopedilum. I have several but I just put it in a new pot. It's about to flower. The thing is I was very gentle. I just lifted it out and did not disturb the roots at all. I just put it In a slightly bigger pot as it was very pot bound. And our some similar media around the sides, it's not going to lose its flower is it!? I'm watering it a little extra to help its flower. They are not supposed to dry out completely when flowering. If I did do something wrong, how long would it take for the flower to die? I'm just a little worried. Even if it did lose its flower I would keep it but I would like some input, thanks!

My younger smaller pahiopedilum got a dying leaf. So I cut it off. It was dying naturally but looked totally brown. The plant is growing a new growth from its rhizome. But I watered it and the moss is wet. I'm very worried that the moisture will cause a Lethal crown infection via the cut leaf. I put cinnamon on it but I'm still worried. What should I do? Will the moisture infect the wound? Should I take the plant out of the moss? This is important to me so answer as soon as possible! I dont want to lose the little guy!

Hi Danni could you please tell me what the name of this sliper orchid is the one with the spotting on the leaves I'd be very greatfull thank you

Hi I have a paphiopedilum orchid that looks the exact same as the first fowering paphiopedilum in this video and was wanting to know what species is it? Thankyou

Nice video. And seriously that Maudiae / Maudiae hybrid can bloom for 3/4 months?

hi Danny, I have one, it has not roto. what can i do?

Your Paphs are beautiful , the one in bloom is awesome it looks like a toad lol

hello! i really like your video, anyway do u have idea how to take care of euthante senderiana, here in the philippines we call them Waling-Waling, i have 2 but there are no roots and they have in bad shape waht should i do, and how long does it produced new roots :C i am verry confused beacused it's been 1 month but they still not produced new roots :C, i also buy roots boosting but nothing >.< verry confusing much

My paphiopedilum was very wilted so I watered it at night, which I don't do unless it's absolutely necessary. I have a fan in the room on the ceiling going. This won't kill my plant will it? I've only watered my orchids at night once or twice period.

Dani, I am still having a lot of problems with mealy bugs on my paphiopedilum that I purchased from an Orchid Society. Is it possible that they are also in the bark? I've been using a q-tip and alcohol on each appearance many times a week. But I think I see some on the bark.

pour connaître quelle eau utiliser, tape " orchidée calcifuge ou calcicole? sur ton moteur de recherche et tu trouveras toute une liste....très intéressante avec une seule erreur: "pinocchio" est calcicole et non calcifuge. Bon arrosage !!

So I keep all my orchids on my covered patio, during the very hottest summer months gets in low to mid 80's. Could a lady slipper with stand this temp.? With no direct sun, and if I made sure stays hydrated ? I love love lady slippers but I want to keep all my orchids on my patio only.

Hi Danni, I am trying to follow this link: Which Paphs need calcium www.ladyslipper.com/calsub.htm but it leads me to nowhere. Maybe its just me but can you check it again. Thanks.

I-am spus ca esti o fata foarte documentata.

Poti sa-mi spui daca am raspuns corect ? www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/can-anyone-tell-me-what-species-this-is-t25480.html

It wasn't me!!! Someone else stuck it there!!!