Paphiopedilum fowlei 'Merlot' division

[musa]

I would have guessed hookerae, but as it is mostly from Malaysia and has strong mottled leaves I changed my guess to mastersianum.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

No other guesses from our esteemed members?

 

[GuRu]

Leslie, I would go for P. mastersianum??

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Both Musa and Rudolf are indeed right. It is a mastersianum!

Just starting to open. Will post when fully open in separate thread. But for now, it looks like this:

 

[blondie]

love how dark the flower is very nice indeed

 

[DrLeslieEe]

So I decided to self this flower to conserve the genetics of this dark colorful flower. Wish me luck!

Here are the final pics just before the big event.

 

[GuRu]

Leslie, good luck and fingers crossed !