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At first pics from my Paphiopedilum godefroyae and P. leucochilums.
The first pic is from Paph. godefroyae Black variety (Black x Black). Not really anything special with this, unfortunately. The posted picture on the vendor's site was different. Of cause, it`s obvious that they are just example pics, the variation can be huge, especially when the plants are grown from seed. I still wish it would be closer than that. One would need meristem/cloning for that, but it is impossible with Paphs as you know. I wish I could post that example picture, but that is not possible. That flower had such nice round dorsal and petals, and the flower was covered totally with dark red or dark purple dots, with a white rim. Even the pouch is colored the same way, with only one tiny white spot whit a brighter red color. The only thing I was really surprised about is the completely white pouch. The pouch has tiny red spots inside it the whole way down. It opened the flower on Holy Saturday. The other plant from the Black Variety might look darker because it has blackish/dark purple coloration also on top of the leaves. Must keep my fingers crossed.
Also, when the black color does not occur naturally in nature, there are many throwbacks to the normal variety, even if they choose two of the darkest varieties.
The four following pics are from a plant labelled P. godefroyae but have a completely white pouch. I really do love this one.
Then there is a picture of a flower that is labelled P. godefroyae var. leucochilum but for the first time for me in all these years, it is without a pouch. So, it is impossible to say which it is. The last pics are from my second P. S Gratrix. The dorsal is a bit wonky but otherwise, it`s flat and beautiful. NS is 9 cm.
There are more flowers open and I`ll add them when I have more time.
Just one more story, even that it has nothing to do with orchids, but with NATO. Here we had on Feb. I think, NATO troops practicing in Lappland Northern Finland. The soldiers from the US came from AK and MO. Those guys from Alaska said that they are used to the freezing weather. The temperature was at the time roughly between -25 degrees Celsius and -40 degrees Celsius. But they said that in Alaska, there is never so much snow as in Lappland. The soldiers from Montana said that here is SO COLD! But they all seemed and said to be happy to learn, not only how to ski, but how to ski and fight on skis. (Ski-borne troops).
The first pic is from Paph. godefroyae Black variety (Black x Black). Not really anything special with this, unfortunately. The posted picture on the vendor's site was different. Of cause, it`s obvious that they are just example pics, the variation can be huge, especially when the plants are grown from seed. I still wish it would be closer than that. One would need meristem/cloning for that, but it is impossible with Paphs as you know. I wish I could post that example picture, but that is not possible. That flower had such nice round dorsal and petals, and the flower was covered totally with dark red or dark purple dots, with a white rim. Even the pouch is colored the same way, with only one tiny white spot whit a brighter red color. The only thing I was really surprised about is the completely white pouch. The pouch has tiny red spots inside it the whole way down. It opened the flower on Holy Saturday. The other plant from the Black Variety might look darker because it has blackish/dark purple coloration also on top of the leaves. Must keep my fingers crossed.
Also, when the black color does not occur naturally in nature, there are many throwbacks to the normal variety, even if they choose two of the darkest varieties.The four following pics are from a plant labelled P. godefroyae but have a completely white pouch. I really do love this one.
Then there is a picture of a flower that is labelled P. godefroyae var. leucochilum but for the first time for me in all these years, it is without a pouch. So, it is impossible to say which it is. The last pics are from my second P. S Gratrix. The dorsal is a bit wonky but otherwise, it`s flat and beautiful. NS is 9 cm.
There are more flowers open and I`ll add them when I have more time.
Just one more story, even that it has nothing to do with orchids, but with NATO. Here we had on Feb. I think, NATO troops practicing in Lappland Northern Finland. The soldiers from the US came from AK and MO. Those guys from Alaska said that they are used to the freezing weather. The temperature was at the time roughly between -25 degrees Celsius and -40 degrees Celsius. But they said that in Alaska, there is never so much snow as in Lappland. The soldiers from Montana said that here is SO COLD! But they all seemed and said to be happy to learn, not only how to ski, but how to ski and fight on skis. (Ski-borne troops).
I don't understand. I had several pictures attached when I pushed the post thread button. Very odd, I have succeeded before. Sorry everyone and Rudolf. Sh... must try again.
Although others have much better comments than I do, I write also other things that have nothing to do with orchids.
