Paphiopedilum amabile

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vandacee

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Paphiopedilum amabile
Formally bullenianum var. bullenianum

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I would not call that amabile/bullenianum. I might be premature but to me it looks like superbly colored hainanense

I would exspect to see a staminode more in line with this.
http://marlowsorchids.com/inc/sdetail/1708/3172

or this one.
https://www.orchidweb.com/products/paph-bullenianum~508.html

This species and its varieties are difficult to identify due to its great variability.
It is a work of botanists and their work on this species is certainly not finished.
This plant, identified amabile, comes from imports from Orchid & More, a German producer. On the images of the internet or on books, I see as many reasons to say that it is hainanense or amabile!
For me, it is a beautiful plant and bloom.
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A very nice flower!
The "amabile" offered over here frequently are appletonianum and not the original amabile (bullenianum) from Borneo. I've got amabile from the same source and mine turned out to be appletonianum-cerveranum-ish too. I found the pics on the internet are not always reliable. All of these "amabiles" have very nice flowers and lovely mottled foliage, though.
 
For me it is a very nice cerveranum. Typical ist the brownish red heart shape staminode
 

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