Paphiopedilum moquettianum

[Paphraguy]

Paph moquettianum is a sequential bloomer, so don't cut the spikes off. Mine stays in bloom for many many months. I give it bright light as I grow under very bright HPS systems and keep it moist, not soggy wet.

[LJA]

Sigh... Beautiful, Peter, as always. The focus is so sharp you even got the hairs...

[Paphraguy]

Thanks, lja! I actually lowered the resolution. The larger high resolution picture is just crystal clear.

[Brutal_Dreamer]

That photo looks like it should be in "ORCHIDS" magazine. SO professional! The lighting is perfect. Well done!

Cheers!
Brutal_Dreamer

[Invinciblegirl]

Seriously, Peter, every picture you take is just absolutely spectacular.

I bet your growing area is something to see.

[Paphraguy]

Thanks for the nice comments!

My grow area now needs cleaning. I'm waiting for warmer summer days, so the plants can go out in the sunny porch and I can clean the grow area. It'll be an all weekend job (not looking forward to it at all).

[orchid_fan]

Wow!! What a gorgeous, stunning picture (and plant)! What type of camera do you use? And how do you get the black background?

[Paphraguy]

Thanks orchidfan,

That photo ws taken a year or so ago, so I don't really remember what material I had used. I think I used a black poster board but not so sure. I have an older Kodak digital camera. It was the "top of the line" when I first bought it a couple of years ago.