Paph. Liberty Taiwan.....at last

[lori.b]

My Liberty Taiwan opened yesterday and by this afternoon the bloom was already 11.5 cm across and 10.3 cm tall. This is a first bloom for this plant, a bud last year blasted. The second picture is Big Mama posing with her delenatii neighbour for size reference. She definitely gets her size (and fuzzy centre) from her hangianum parent and I'm not quite sure but I may have detected a very slight fragrance.........?

 

[troy]

wow!! huge flower small plant a ++

 

[DrLeslieEe]

When you're that large, they call you Big Mama lol.

 

[GuRu]

Lovely flower and thanks for the comparison shot with a nice P. delenatii.

 

[Don I]

Nice one.
Don

 

[Rockbend]

Should have some of the hangianum smell

 

[lori.b]

Should have some of the hangianum smell

Yes, that was definitely what I thought I smelled. Once you smell a hangianum that's a fragrance you don't soon forget!

 

[NYEric]

nice blooms. Thanks for sharing.

 

[SlipperKing]

nicely patterned. Well worth the wait!

 

[Ozpaph]

pretty colour and markings

 

[Duck Slipper]

Wow, 11.5 x 10.3 cm. That’s a biggin! Nice.

 

[lori.b]

Thank you for all the positive comments everyone. It's fully open now and measures out at a whopping 12.8 cm wide and 10.7 high. It also has the fragrance of its hangianum parent. Definitely a keeper! I'm very happy with it.