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UweM

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Hello,

what is that - I bought it at gratrixianum???

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the left flower is from gratrixianum var. daoense, the smaller one from the ???

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Uwe
 
May want to dig up the thread on the "true" gratrixianum from a couple of weeks ago.

That flower is reminiscent of the "wide-leaf" version of the species.

otherwise to me it looks like a exul - villosum hybrid.
 
:clap: It's so darn cuuute!:clap:
My first guess is exul. What size pot is it in? My exul has no spotting at the base of the leaves & the plant habit is thinner leaves & more upright. I just bought a gratrixianum that has gorgeous spotting at the base as your plant has.
 
Exul came to my mind too!!! Maybe a hybrid!!!!!! It is great whatever it is!!
 
I get the plant from an orchidfriend who reduce his collection. He remember, that this plant was possibly from India.
Perhaps it is insigne variation or an naturehybrid with gratrixianum/villosum?
 
I have seen such plants a couple years ago in Burma, to me they are in the insigne group... Exul would have a completely different looking plant as well, with stiff green leaves, and no dots at the base.
 
I have seen such plants a couple years ago in Burma, to me they are in the insigne group... Exul would have a completely different looking plant as well, with stiff green leaves, and no dots at the base.

Agreed. A straight exul has no spotting at all on the leaves.

If you dig out the Orchid Digest with the article on the "wide leaf" gratrixianum you will see pics of a plant with lots of purple spotting (spots partially fused), and the spotting on the dorsal sepal is set on a green field like this flower. Christenson's plant reportedly came from Laos.

I found Christenson's OD article on the "Rediscovery of Paph gratrixianum" (OD 68 (3) 2004)
 

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