Monster Paph. platyphyllum

[KyushuCalanthe]

I just went to the local orchid festival here in Fukuoka Japan. The Paphs on hand were quite limited, but this one sure stuck-out, P. platyphyllum 'Pegasus'. In a word, "wow":

 

[Ozpaph]

The Japanese grow some amazing plants

 

[monocotman]

Amazing. They seem to have a whole culture of growing monster plants to an amazing level,
David

 

[SlipperKing]

Wow, how many per spike?

 

[Greenpaph]

Nice photo! Incredible plant!
Thanks

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Wow, how many per spike?

Rick, there were 5 spikes and it looked like 4 flowers per spike.

 

[naoki]

Wow, that is amazing!

 

[emydura]

Just incredible.

 

[Guldal]

Holy cow! Thank you for sharing the photo of that amazing flower!

Kind regards,
Jens

 

[abax]

Beautifully amazing plant.

 

[musa]

Amazing plant!

 

[shade131]

That's an incredible plant. Can't be many like that.