this Paph liemianum flowered for me for the first time, it is so sweet...

http://www.orchidspot.com/87Paphliemianum/Paph-liemianum.html :-dance:

Very cute little guy, and a nice photo also! I love the cochlopetalums. :D

And the best thing about them is the successive flowering that will keep you happy for many months.

Beautiful! And yes when they bloom, they stay in bloom for months and months.

Years if you can get new growths coming in before the old ones done. I've had overlapping spiking on my moquetianum for 3 years now.

3 years man that is a long time to have flowers hope mine will do as good

My longifolium has been in bloom for close to 3 years and still in bloom with a new spike! My Paph victoria regina (closely related to liemianum) has been in bloom for months and still in bloom and showing more buds. So, some species can stay in bloom nonstop!

My longifolium has been in bloom for close to 3 years and still in bloom with a new spike! My Paph victoria regina (closely related to liemianum) has been in bloom for months and still in bloom and showing more buds. So, some species can stay in bloom nonstop!

You know, since we've been watching the Nature series "Deep Jungle" and I'm also starting to read The Origin of Species, it comes to mind this is a pretty good way to keep the pollination possibility going non-stop. Pretty good survival mechanism, if you ask me.

deep Jungle.. like to watch that myself where is it on at.. :lol:

deep Jungle.. like to watch that myself where is it on at.. :lol:

Haha, Laura, I just posted a thread about it, check here for your local listings. Knowing PBS, they'll be replaying this for the next couple weeks on their stations. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/deepjungle/

I'm actually just starting to watch episode 2 now, but heard from Paphraguy that last night's episode was well worth it!