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I purchased this as Paphiopedilum insigne var sanderae. Clearly that is not accurate. Lovely to see it all the same.

We awarded this spectacular round and relatively flat 5 flowers on one inflorescence plant an FCC of 90 points today at the Lima show in...

I saw this little tiny flower sticking out from the grass (aka my small forest of Paph seedlings) this morning. Picking it up, I found...

Nice. Congrats!

Finally, after years of waiting, my Paphiopedilum bellatulum is flowering. This is one of my oldest Paphiopedilum of the subgenus...

Left to right- sulivongii from Paph Paradise, coccineum, daoense both from Hengduan Mtns Biotech.

Lawrencianum x sukhakulii. Remake of an older cross that is showing up everywhere. I was a little surprised by this award. Feel...

What do our paphiopiles think of this glanduliferum at the Cali Colombia show? Awardable? Huge 50 cm spike with four deep color flowers...

Today there were good light circummstaances.

While this year's blooming is not at its best, it's still lovely to see... I will do more with the stakes later. the bud picture shows...

This one I took on 30th October 2023

In flower again. There is another spike coming, although it is way behind.

As promised here are the daylight photos: Appears quite red. NS 13 cm.

It is important to all plants. In the wild, there naturally exists day & night temperature differences. Many orchids occur at well over...

My fairrieanum I got from Rob bloomed! I didn’t realize it was an album when I got it. It has a blush of pink on the dorsal but I like that!