6–8 weeksaverage flowering time
SOLO PLANT · SPECIES GUIDE
PaphiopedilumSlipper orchid
It takes its name from its pouch-shaped, slipper-like lip, which traps visiting insects. Unlike most orchids it rarely grows on trees: it lives in the humus of the forest floor, and sometimes on rock.
- Availability
- October–March
- Flowering time
- 6–8 weeks
- Temperature
- 15–25°C
Position & light
A shade-loving orchid: choose a bright spot, but never full sun.
Feeding
Once a month, at half the dose recommended on the bottle.
Watering
Once a week, soak the inner pot for about 10 minutes and drain it well.
Reblooming
Cut the finished stem as low as you can. Each stem flowers only once, but the plant makes new shoots; a new shoot flowers after about nine months.
Temperature
15–25°C.
Repotting
It does not need repotting.
Care tips are general guidance. Apply them while observing your orchid’s surroundings and the moisture of its growing medium.