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This was supposed to be Paph Julius. Based on petal length and the white ovaries, I suppose that it has P. sanderianum in its background somewhere. Any guesses as to its other ancestry? The “Paph sukhakulii” that I got from the same source was also mislabeled.

Here's my Lady Isobel, currently flowering. Too bad the two inflorescences are facing in different directions. The plant came from SVO, but it had a Krull-Smith tag. The cross is listed as P. stonei 'Krull-Smith' x P. rothschildianum 'Pleces' AM/AOS. Can't find anything about the roth clone...

A couple more plants purchased from Orchid Inn in 2019 that flowered earlier this year. I was a bit surprised by the very pendulous petals on the Saint Swithin, as plants I have seen in the past had petal stance more intermediate between the two parents. The St. Swithin is rothschildianum...

This is rothschildianum 'Leo' SM/JOGA x anitum 'Ace' AM/AOS from Orchid Inn. First bloom. I like the dark petals on this clone. Pick your favorite name, depending on whether or not you think P. anitum is a separate species or variety of adductum. I'm going along with WCSP and RHS for now.

(Assuming attachment works) here are two Paph philippinense currently blooming in my collection. I got the tall one from the Orchid Trail last year. No parentage information, but it seems fairly typical of the long-petaled forms that are common in cultivation. The smaller is one of two dwarf...

This plant has bloomed four or five times before, but this is its first time with a two-flowered inflorescence. The inflorescence structure is odd--instead of the second flower arching above the first, the extension of the inflorescence is completely lax and dangles straight down...

I bought this plant from JEM orchids in 1996, so it is one of my oldest surviving Paphs. I think P. Golddollar was a really inspired cross -- you get a flower that approximates P. armeniacum in size and color, but the plant is so much easier to grow and bloom. (click the link for pic without...

I was going through some old photos this evening and found this pic of a P. venustum that I got from Ray Rands sometime in the early 90s. Sadly, the plant died 8-9 years ago--these things happen when your life enters that phase where you change diapers more than you water plants and a nap seems...

Recently, I had some fun with a famous old grex that a lot of people may have in their collection. I was researching the origin of Paphiopedilum Lady Isabel (P. rothschildianum x stonei), trying to determine who the name referred to. The information that I found suggested that the grex name...

This was supposed to be P. sukhakulii, but...well... Is it perhaps P. callosum? Or just another unlabeled Maudiae-type hybrid?

I can't decide if the staminode of this species looks like a grumpy face sticking out its lower lip, or maybe a muppet screaming in terror.

If anyone is thinking about building a greenhouse for their collection, I just wrote a blog post about my experiences doing the same. https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/hobby-greenhouse-how-and-why/

OK, let's see if I can actually upload a photo. Here are some photos of the small Paph philippinense that I mentioned in my introductory post--a couple of people seemed interested in them. The two clones are about the same size vegetatively--when grown in part shade, leaves max out at about...

Hello. I just joined the forum, but I have been growing orchids for about 26 years. I recognize a few names here from the old Orchid List Digest and rec.gardens.orchids back in the 90s. Early on, I grew a lot of slippers under lights, but for the past ten or fifteen years my main focus has...