Nov 2011

Paph charlesworthii (Rolfe) Pfitzer.:
This species is restricted in distribution to the Shan State of northern Myanmar and adjacent bordering areas of Thailand and S.W. China. A lithophyte that grows in humus and vegetative debris on limestone rock.
Large dorsal sepal is pink/purple, with deeper pink veining and a narrow white rim. The smaller petals and pouch are chestnut brown. This small growing plant leaves are green with purple markings on the underside A unique feature of this species is the prominent node on the staminode shield. You could see it faintly from the top left photo.
Because of its pink colouration, it has been used extensively in hybridization to produce pink dorsal sepal.
The above are line bred cultivars that have flat, large and dark semicircular dorsal sepal were obtained about 9 months. Being an intermediate species, it prefers a cooler climate.

Paph godefroyae fma leucochilum 371-1.
A fairly large flower with burgundy streaking markings over light cream base with nice and spotless pouch. A good balance between the petals and sepal. The NS and DS measure 78 and 50 mm respectively.
Paph godefroyae fma leucochilum 512-3:
A very well marked and dark red tessellation over the whole round flower. Flower size is not large and hope the subsequently could be better off than the first bloom. This bloom is slightly smaller that her previous two siblings. The NS and DS measure 60 and 50 mm respectively.


Paph godefroyae fma leucochilum 3620-10 :
This is the #10 plant from flask . The NS and DS measure 75 and 45 mm respectively. By far this is the biggest flower from this crossing. All the previous siblings are between 60 to 70 mm across the NS. This clone has reticulated markings.

Paph Muriel Constance:
This is a hybrid between Greyi (Paph niveum x godefroyae) and bellatulum. The flower has taken more of bellatulum characteristics with round shape and dark purple spotting.

Oct 2011

Paph godefroyae fma leucochilum 5120-1:
This is the first bloom from this flask which took less than 2 years to bloom. Nice shape with very wide petals. Flower is is rather small measuring 60 mm across the NS.

Paph godefroyae fma leucochilum 184-3:

Paph godefroyae fma leucochilum 184-1:


Paph concolor:
A very easy to grow plant that needs bright light. This is a very well spread species which can be found all over Indo-China (Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and SW China). This clone has nice tesselated markings on its leaves. Concolor flower is very long lasting averaging between 6 to 8 weeks.
Paph godefroyae fma ang-thong alba 5107-1:
A plant that was grown from flask.
This natural hybrid was originally found on the Ang-thong Islands off the east coast of peninsular Thailand. There is much controversy on this hybrid. Some taxonomist named it under niveum var. ang-thong. In the RHS register it is treated as godefroyae var. ang-thong.
The man made hybrid between godefroyae and niveum is listed as Paph Greyi.

Paph niveum:
A round flower, covered with light purple dots over the white base base. Like concolor, niveum blooms are very long lasting averaging between 6 to 8 weeks.

Paph niveum 4280-1:
Another clone of niveum.