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To me looks like Macradenia brassavolae or rubescens. I had this charming little plant many years ago (brassavolae).

micranthum X philippinense ?

Looks very much like Paph. Gowerianum (lawrenceanum X curtisii). I have a plant of this cross, remade by Vacherot & Lecoufle some 50 years ago, but unfortunately not currently in flower.

Pronunciation : Petite : petit’, p without aspiration, e as in the English word the. The last e is totally mute. Queillette or Cueillette : ke-yet, k without aspiration, and e as in the ; and –yet, e as in English set or tent, the last e is mute too : petit’ keyet’. A Cueillete is a...

So much so when you know that 'Bankhaus' has garnered an FCC form the AOS. So what is in a name ?

You are right, but the flower had been awarded an AM by the RHS previously. For your information, may I quote a small article from The Orchid Review for September, 1969 (p. 268) : "Although first raised by Sanders (St. Albans) Ltd., as long ago as 1929, Paphiopedilum Clair de Lune...

Paph. Maudiae 'The Queen' AM/RHS (not AOS) was in my collection a long time ago. It was definitely different from 'Bankhaus', which reminds me of forms of Paph. Alma Gevaert (Maudiae x lawrenceanum hyeanum). What are the measurements of 'Bankhaus' ?

Wunderbar ! "Schatz, Schaetzchen, es gibt ein Traum von dir in meiner Seele..." (Gertrud v. Lefort)

Hello, A few words to introduce myself. I am an old doctor (I’ll soon enter my 72nd year of age) whose medical practice is situated in Picardy (northern France) and I have been a plant and pet enthusiast since my early teens. I begun growing orchids when I was about 18. My preferred orchids...

Dear Sanderianum, I just remember having read in a celebrated book some lines which may be of interest : « No genus or race of orchids that has yet been brought under cultivation has yielded so readily, and we may add, so strikingly, to its influence as the Cypripedia. […] The most obvious...

Hello from Picardy, Xavier, Alfredo Riboni, of Varese, had some albino callosum for sale at the last Vaucelles exhibit in March. He called them callosum thailandense album. I saw one in flower at the entrance of the exhibit, it looked exactly like your vietnamese albino, only somewhat larger...