Paphiopedilum Mabelle

A primary by crossing malipoense and bellatulum.
Unfortunately the short (thank goodness it's not hanging down) spike from bellatulum is dominant.
Good thing is that I like the flower.
I was hoping a flower with even fine spotting as this one turned out to be, or one with very saturated dark petals, or subtle tessellation on the petals.
I guess that's pretty much the options from this hybrid but I've seen some ulgis with horrible streaks.

So, here, my first flowering seedling.
It has one more smaller bud at the back of this flower.
It is still opening up.

Nice. When you want to get rid of it, let me know.

Paph. Ma Belle

That's nice.

Not a bad Ma Belle.

Beautiful. I like how clean pouch stands out.

What a beauty! I take this in a heartbeat.

I like it too, nice blooming!!

VERY nice!

Lots of visual impact here. Strong contrast of a raspberry staminode framed by well shaped floral components. The well shaped and neat unspotted pouch contrasts nicely with the dense finely spotted lateral segments.

Nice one. I see subtle tessellation on the petals.

Nice one!

Thanks!

This is such a funny looking plant. A small plant but the flower is disproportionately large.

I want to buy some more.

Beautiful!

Hi Neil!

Beautiful flower!

Hi, Carol,
I hope your botanical trip to Cuba was a great one.

Happypaphy7 said:

Hi, Carol,
I hope your botanical trip to Cuba was a great one.

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The trip was wonderful! I will post some pictures when I get them organized.

Nice one.

Love the clean pouch and fine spotting. Don't mind the shorter stem. Makes it more fit better under lights.

Cool!