I just returned from northern Burma, Myanmar if you prefer. I was able to meet with U Thein Aung, who was one of the Forestry Department heads in the newly established national parks in the north of the country and have tea and discuss paphs. He told me of the populations of Paph wardii and most interestingly that he saw Paph tigrinum growing mostly as an epyphite, growing best in the leaf litter in the crotch of a tree. This seems contrary to Cribb and company description. I was not able to see them as we were not far enough north and permits to travel in that region are hard to come by. At the national garden in Pyin Oo Lwin, several hundred miles to the south, I saw many wardii and bellatulums, parishii and charlesworthii, but few in bloom, except bellatulums. Most were poorly grown in straight soil and I was able to talk with the caretaker and advised that they need a faster draining mix. I don't know if it was lost in translation or not but their cultivation skills are limited. Still it was a thrill to be in the land of paphs.
Rob
Rob