Paphiopedilum canhii blooming

I just want to share some photos of Paphiopedilum canhii just blooming this year. The season for this species will be from now until April.

HELLO Canh,

thanx for sharing this new species with us,
is it possible to make a picture
of the plant with flower, so we can see the leaf
thanx cliokchi

I'm on business trip now and I just have photo of last year of whole plant with flower.

very impressive!

Thanks for showing these interesting pics!!!! Jean

WOW. That is pretty amazing. The staminode is huge.

David

Interesting. Thanks for showing.

So far images of this relative newly described species are very rare - thanks for showing us some!

emydura said:

WOW. That is pretty amazing. The staminode is huge.

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I agree completely.

Thanks a lot for these pictures! They are good and show lots of details.
Is this the same plant you showed last year? This flower is much more colourful.
The lip doesn't show that central horn this year, which is typical for a weak parvisepalum bloom and also for many parvi-polyantha hybrids. Last years pics couldn't convince me that that was a normal flower and not a monster, but this years flower looks o.k. I hope you're going to self it, the offspring might give some clues regarding the parents, in case this is a natural hybrid.

Best wishes,

I agree, much more impressive this go a round! Very interesting colors, shape and history!!

I think that is the strangest looking orchid out there, cant help but think "cyclops orchid".

Robert

Oh well!!!... I don’t know.
When I saw the first reports of this new species a while ago my immediate reaction was: I’ve never seen anything as ugly as that! Now, after seeing these pictures of a real plant I must say I’m rather enchanted by it… True, it ain’t anything as beautiful as a PEOY, nor is it as imposing as 5 flowered rothschildianum, but seeing these pictures right here I’m wondering if…in time: I will need a few as well.

I wouldn't call it ugly.....
just different! The foliage looks gorgeous!

Interesting, thanx for sharing.

It does sorta have a certain charm to it. I like the little white hairs on the petals and dorsal.

That huge staminode is so interesting.

I wonder what pollinates this flower.

Very interesting! I do like the color though!

This one is way better than the original plant photos, which looked like something I'd expect to see on Snopes.com....

Is this the same plant blooming as the first one shown last year?

Have you got any flasks of this species going yet????