Paph. praestans

[busypotter]

This sweet baby won me a blue ribbon in our local orchid show, second bloom just beginning to open

 

[Chicago Chad]

excellent color!

 

[Erythrone]

Cute!

 

[Rick]

That's a big dark glossy flower:clap::clap:

Can we get a whole plant shot? How big is it?

 

[Stone]

Very very nice.

 

[Spaph]

Nice coloring! Do you have a pic of the whole plant and other bloom??

 

[SlipperFan]

Definitely worthy of a blue ribbon.

 

[emydura]

That looks like a nice chunky dorsal. Congrats.

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice flower. First blooming? What's the parents clonal names? How large is the plant in leaf span?

 

[jtrmd]

mine blasted its buds the past 2x. Are you growing on the bright side,or shady side?

 

[abax]

Congratulations on that Blue Ribbon! The bloom is very lovely and oh so
shiny.

 

[Trithor]

Lovely dark colour, bold markings and a pleasing balance between the dorsal and synsepal. add to that the varnish/glaze, and wow!

 

[Ozpaph]

Id love to see more of that.
Looks very good.

 

[NYEric]

a blue ribbon w/ 1 bloom!? We deserve a better photo! oke:

 

[polyantha]

Very nice dorsal for a praestans !!

 

[atlantis]

Nice compact flower. And the colour is impressive!! No wonder you get a ribbon!

 

[Paul]

nice colour!!

 

[Justin]

looks like modern line breeding finally got this species in its grasp! very nice flower.

 

[SlipperKing]

looks like modern line breeding finally got this species in its grasp! very nice flower.

Yea, hopefully they didn't breed it to a wilheminae to get such great color.

 

[Brabantia]

Nice flowering. What the size of your plant? Can we have a photo of the staminode?