Not sure if the names are valid but here they are… one plant has two buds about to open.
Paphiopedilum barbatum var nigritum (Pygmy type)
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Isn't this more like a callosum?!
Sub-variety. You can see the narrow leaves are different than callosum with it like green background and few mottling. And it’s a small flower.
We can certainly agree on the fact, that it is a sub-variety of something, Leslie!
If we should agree on barbatum, though, in my book the colouring of your flower doesn't adhere to the description of nigritum (seems IM-not so-HO more like something then in barbatum equaling var. sublaeve within callosum).
This kind of colouring is more what I would expect to find in nigritum, keeping in mind that 'niger' means 'black' (yet another plant of mine resting peacefully in Orchid Heaven):
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What we expect and what comes out is at most times different. 
Do you have the nigritum description with pics?
Do you have the nigritum description with pics?
Was wir erwarten und was dabei herauskommt, ist meistens anders.
Haben Sie die Nigritum-Beschreibung mit Bildern?
Ich denke, deine Pflanze ist eher ein Paph. sublaeve oder Paph. callosum als ein Paph. barbatum
Thanks for the links.Ich denke, deine Pflanze ist eher ein Paph. sublaeve oder Paph. callosum als ein Paph. barbatum
Based on those literature, my plant is confirmed as nigritum. Besides the similar flower markings and shape, the leaves on my plant matches the ones of the nigritum description.
