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Have you ever seen 'hall's classic' FCC/AOS from 1996? These petals are thin. Although the FCC doesn't mean that it might not be correct...

Very nice, congrats, Dirk! Mine is from a ST member( Fibre/Christian) in bud now.

I looked at a species key for the Flora of China which compares insigne versus villosum/gratrixianum from wild plants. insigne: Petals...

I am an AOS judge, I follow AOS directives so therefore to me it is a "boss".

I belief umbo is the correct name for that "knob" ( link to Kew reference ) But as long we all know what is meant, I am ok with...

There is a term that judges use when describing that “little green knob” in the center of a staminode. It is called “the BOSS”. Yes, the...

a bit different to my 'sanderae' shape-wise. Just looks a bit 'chuncky' But it could be..

Dirk, here is a link to photos of my Paph. insigne fma. sanderianum. But ... also I am not 100% sure whether it is one ore not. What...

Yes it is... and to be honest, I really love that narrow pagoda-shape a lot. Similar to spicerianum, parishii... I personally always...

Thank you monocotman and Leslie for your appreciated comments. Your comments made me reconsider. Here is my current way of thinking: 1)...

Lovely! Is the dorsal fully expanded?

Wow. I did not realize that I like the alboviride form over the type. Very nicely done!

Very pretty one, Dirk and I like the green knob of this species in the center of the staminode a lot. Congrats to flower it so well.

There are quite a few hybrids very similar to insigne. They float around the various European vendors and surface occasionally. Yours...

So happy I could flower it...