Paph esquirolei

[johnndc]

Just bloomed. The man who sold it to me said it's a very large, dark variety. I don't have any experience with this flower, but the flower is quite dark, I like it. (I took the photo in sunlight, didn't doctor anything.) It's my first blooming of this, and I suspect I may have a division of the plant, since I'm not seeing any previous blooms, but the guy knew how it flowers. No clonal name.

Oh, and to get it to flower, I fried it in the sun this summer. This guy likes sunlight.

 

[Heather]

Hrm....It seems to be having trouble loading the photo. At first there was just a red "x" so I changed it to an image tag but it is still having issues?

There it is! And it is really dark! I like it!

 

[johnndc]

Hmmm... I think you just converted the thumbnail to an image, it's only like an inch tall now!

Try this one.

 

[Heather]

Oops! Sorry...I was trying to help but apparently didn't do a very good job, huh? I thought it would post with larger sized image instead of a thumbnail.

 

[Shadow]

Very nice! I like it.

 

[TADD]

Beautios!

 

[IdahoOrchid]

You guys keep posting pictures of thing I have to WAIT for to bloom, boo hoo.

 

[SlipperFan]

That's gorgeous!

 

[Park Bear]

wonderful!!

 

[IdahoOrchid]

Gotta say it again: Who needs hybrids????? Huh?

 

[WolfDog1 (C. Williams)]

I still have not bloomed mine.

WWAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!

 

[Barbara]

Very nice, I'll being adding one to my collection this year too, especially now that I seen yours!

 

[GuRu]

Gotta say it again: Who needs hybrids????? Huh?

You took the words right of my mouth!!!:wink:
With regard to the beauty of this flower there is no heightening possible.
Perhaps you can improve any other characteristics of this species by hybridizing - but its beauty is unique.
Best regards from Germany, GuRu