Paphiopedilum villosum

[naoki]

I purchased this as Paphiopedilum villosum x self, CH-19485 from Orchids by Hausermann in 2012. Somehow it has been increasing the number of growths, but it hasn't flowered until this year (there was a bit of set back in 2016 due to my neglect). The hairy flowers are pretty cool. The roots of most paphs stay in their pots, but the roots of this plant invade the neighbors. I guess it is because this species is more epiphytic in nature.

I tried to use Google Photos for sharing, but they aren't too friendly with embedding in forums, so the photos might disappear in the future. I'll stop using Google Photos until they make it better, but the photos of this thread can be found in my Shared album of Orchids from Google Photos.

 

[Ozpaph]

a nicely coloured and vigorous clone. Well done.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Interesting about the epiphitic habit. Sounds like a candidate for s/h

 

[gego]

Love the dark color.

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[Guldal]

a nicely coloured and vigorous clone. Well done.

Hear, hear....one can only agree!

 

[GuRu]

Great dark flowers and nicely photographed too - congrats

 

[blondie]

Very good colour and shape congrats