: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.
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)