"to be or not to be insigne, that's the question"
The original tag only said Paph. insigne "yellow". The seller has closed shop year ago. I have looked at as many insigne pictures and old paintings and descriptions I could find, but honestly I am still in doubt. Insigne is highly variable in flower shapes and I belief it could fall in the range of acceptable variation, but maybe it could also be a primary hybrid, maybe some villosum influence? What are your views? Could I be lucky and it's the species? Secondly - if insigne - it could be forma sanderianum, but the first question to be answered needs to be if it is insigne or not.
Please share your toughts!
![insigne01.jpg insigne01.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/42/42654-274acfde36b3a10a84ed7ebf586e235a.jpg)
![insigne02.png insigne02.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/42/42653-55ec75ee5cfbdcf2aab287c87e5074d3.jpg)
![insigne03.png insigne03.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/42/42652-a54f976ba79729caa0ac7360893878f5.jpg)
The original tag only said Paph. insigne "yellow". The seller has closed shop year ago. I have looked at as many insigne pictures and old paintings and descriptions I could find, but honestly I am still in doubt. Insigne is highly variable in flower shapes and I belief it could fall in the range of acceptable variation, but maybe it could also be a primary hybrid, maybe some villosum influence? What are your views? Could I be lucky and it's the species? Secondly - if insigne - it could be forma sanderianum, but the first question to be answered needs to be if it is insigne or not.
Please share your toughts!
![insigne01.jpg insigne01.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/42/42654-274acfde36b3a10a84ed7ebf586e235a.jpg)
![insigne02.png insigne02.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/42/42653-55ec75ee5cfbdcf2aab287c87e5074d3.jpg)
![insigne03.png insigne03.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/42/42652-a54f976ba79729caa0ac7360893878f5.jpg)