Paph helenae...

[smartie2000]

My helenae just bloomed, indeed it is the tiniest paph I bloomed. Its so cute I had to share. Based on its parent's grex names (‘Ching Hua #4’ x ‘Ching Hua #5’) I think it is a chinese variety, assuming the chinese didn't take one from vietnam. thanks for looking

 

[Candace]

I can't say I love this specie, but it's a nice photo for sure. Thanks for posting it.

 

[SlipperKing]

what a sweetie!! I can say I like it allot

 

[Ross]

Nicely bloomed! It looks greener than most I have seen. Could you post a picture in a few weeks to see if the flower has faded toward yellow?

 

[Hien]

My helenae just bloomed, indeed it is the tiniest paph I bloomed. Its so cute I had to share. Based on its parent's grex names (‘Ching Hua #4’ x ‘Ching Hua #5’) I think it is a chinese variety, assuming the chinese didn't take one from vietnam. thanks for looking

Fren, I love the green color.
It may be impossible to tell which one from Vietnam & which one from China, since most nurseries have access to thousands of plants from both sources. The only way for sure is if you get to own a collected one, even that, you would have to know someone who buys them directly from the highlander minorities.
'Ching Hua #4' & 'Ching Hua#5' only means the parents are selected stud plants from CHING HUA .
A chinese friend told me the chinese helenae is yellow in color, but I am not sure whether it is true, unless it is described that way by authority on the subject.

 

[rdlsreno]

Nice little thing! Good color and shape!


Ramon

 

[smartie2000]

Nicely bloomed! It looks greener than most I have seen. Could you post a picture in a few weeks to see if the flower has faded toward yellow?

I sure can. I think it might be a little more yellow than the photo and I hope it gets more yellow actually. And I hope the bloom will open wider.
This bloom plays tricks with my camera a lot, (I had a lot of pretty photos of bright pink/yellow colours that I rejected b/c they were not actual).

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Aw, it's such a cutie!

 

[Kyle]

Where did you get this one from? Its really nice, what the leaf span?

Kyle

 

[smartie2000]

I got it from cloud's orchids a while back. (I see they are selling a diff. cross now)
its in a 2inch pot with a leaf span of 11cm

 

[JeanLux]

I like this small fine shaped bloom!!! Jean

 

[parvi_17]

Very nice! Congrats on blooming this one Fren!

 

[emydura]

Absolutely gorgeous. I do love this species. I have bought a couple of flasks from Taiwan. Still a little way off flowering.

David

 

[Damas]

:drool: Fantastic ! Both flower and picture ! Congrats :clap:

 

[bench72]

very nice... it does look awfully cute!!! esp with it's hug me petals and amply proportioned torso... (gosh this makes me sound like a chubby chaser) :/

 

[P-chan]

Very nice! That's a sweet bloom! I really like it.

 

[Elena]

These are so cute!

Wish mine would flower. It's growing happily, putting out new growths but no sign of buds yet.

 

[jblanford]

VERY..VERY... Nice bloom I like this one a lot. Jim.

 

[NYEric]

Yep, once again the canucks and euros are flaunting their paphs at us! For their sake I hope Obama's economic recovery plans don't include one of Mr. Bush's favorite themes, "invasion"!

 

[biothanasis]

So cute!!!!!
Eric: LOL...