I have to take the full blame for this one. I had Freddy for a good 3 weeks and his big bud was coming along just fine. By the 2nd week I figured the other small bud was never really going to do anything - it just hung out didn't get bigger and at best I thought after the big bud bloomed that the 2nd bud may have chance. But when it withered, dryed up and dropped, I assumed it was gone. My mistake with Freddy was cutting the 2nd small bud when I thought it had totally blasted. But getting rid of the small bud prematurely seem to trigger to the plant that it's flower was gone and the plant quit 'supporting' the big bud that was in half bloom.
It's really a sad sight to have a half bloomed Paph flower. Almost painful, since I know it was me who did it in. In a last ditch effort I've 'bagged' Freddy - both the plant and the half bloomed bud. But I doubt it will help. It's been two days and the only thing holding the big half bloomed bud up is a twisty tie. But I gotta try.
I killed Freddy
and that's the end of the story. Albeit a hard lesson learned.
Kath-