What is it?

[baodai]

picture 1: compare BS unknow paph with helenae
Picture 2 & 3: unknow paph
picture 4: reference size

It is from Vietnam near Lao border, There is no helenae around so don't even think about it, It is smallest paph I had ever seen. compare with paph helenae, it is 1/3 size of helenae .... what the heck is this ?
thanks,
BD

 

[SlipperKing]

It must be the new Paph baodaii!

 

[labskaus]

It would be quite a bit easier to answer your question if you would provide us a picture of the flower.

 

[Faan]

Some time ago there was a photo on the forum of a very small flower that someone was holding on the palm of his hand. I tried to locate the thread, but could not find it. (I hope someone can point us to the thread) Is this not perhaps the plant the flower belongs to? I spoke to Olaf Gruss two weeks ago in Durban where he gave lectures at our national show and conference and if I understood him correctly this particular plant has not been seen again and not described yet. Let us hope we can get some comment from Olaf.

 

[Roth]

picture 1: compare BS unknow paph with helenae
Picture 2 & 3: unknow paph
picture 4: reference size

It is from Vietnam near Lao border, There is no helenae around so don't even think about it, It is smallest paph I had ever seen. compare with paph helenae, it is 1/3 size of helenae .... what the heck is this ?
thanks,
BD

It is coccineum, They come from the Son La - Dien Bien area... I got several plants like that last year, very nice flowers...

As for the small flower in the palm of one man that was floating around on internet, it is a fake, immature coccineum flower buds opened mechanically, nothing to care about.

 

[SlipperKing]

It is coccineum, They come from the Son La - Dien Bien area... I got several plants like that last year, very nice flowers...

As for the small flower in the palm of one man that was floating around on internet, it is a fake, immature coccineum flower buds opened mechanically, nothing to care about.

I thought the immature flowers peeled open looked more like purpuratum then anything else.