After all this, Nick on SOF said he'd take the rejects! (We have somewhere to send them!)
Personally I just don't get it. when the odds are against you (and doesn't everyone pretty much have limited space), why would you want to spend good money first & then invest the time, upkeep, electric, heating, etc. in a plant that's not going to bloom or once in a 10 year time span?
Beauty is relevant. If that were the flower on a bulbo everyone would be excited and it would even stink. But on a Paph it is ugly? Not really it is just different.
Don't you plan on being around in 10 years? I hope you don't feel the same way about your human children. :rollhappy:
Just imagine how exciting it is to have an "old friend" plant that has been around for a decade finally decide to show what it has.