Close up view of June 2009 flowers.

"Tom, Dick and Harry" or "Fu Lou Shou" - these three nice plants bloomed about the same time. The centre has very dark colour and pigmentation whereas the left and right flowers are round and with nice tessellations.

Above them are the individual close up view of the flowers that were posted earlier.

Flowering godefroyae/leucochilum - June 2009

A round flower with nice tesellation on creamy base. NS of flower is 73 mm.

A very dark form of leucochilum with dark pigmentation across the dorsal and petals. NS of flower is 74 mm.

Fine lines and pigmentation on creamy base. NS of flower is 63 mm.

An nice round flower with tessellation across the petals. NS of flower is 73 mm.

A group picture showing the above 4 flowering plants.

OSSEA June 2009 Table Display

The monthly meeting of OSSEA was held on 7th June at SBG Visitors Centre. Five plants were brought to the meeting for the table display.
The plants were godefroyae, leucochilum (3 plants) and niveum.

A close up view of the above plant. This leucochilum clone is the 5th from the flask. The NS of the flower is 78 mm across. Flower of this size is considered large. Very nice dark brown pigmentation over the yellow background.

A close view of the best presented plant. This is the 1st clone to flower from the flask. The plant was deflasked 2 years ago. The NS of the cup-shaped flowers are between 45 to 50 mm.

The two certificates from the show.

Flowering leucochilums May 2009

This picture was taken today (27th may 2009) showing several of the flowering plants. It is flowering season for brachys - thaianum, godefroyae, leucochilum, concolor and niveum. There are several plants that are still in bud.

Paph godefroyae 107 siblings

Paph godefroyae 107-2 (rear view)

Paph godefroyae 107-2 (front view)

Paph godefroyae 107-1 (front view)

Paph godefroyae 107-1 (rear view)

The above 4 pictures show two siblings from the same flask. Both siblings have very nice and dark pigmentation. The pigmentation especially sibling 2 stretches across the whole flower. Both siblings have very dorsal and lateral sepals from the rear.

Paph godefroyae & leucochilum

Paph leucochilum TR 138-1 - the 1st flower from this flask. Nice pigmentation across the sepal and petals.

Paph leucochilum TR155-6 - Another nice flower with good/dark markings over cream base and coupled with the round shaped petals.

Paph godefroyae TR107-1 - Another 1st flower from this flask. The second flower shows the back of the flower. Look at the marvellous pattern and pigmentation from the back.

Paph niveum

Paph niveum RF2 -A nice clone of Paph niveum. This compact growing plant has three spikes. The 3rd spike has not fully developed yet. The other two have 2 flowers on each spike. A nice showy plant even if it is not flowering.

Paph niveum Sogo alba x Paph niveum Prathana FCC/TOS - A seedling that was bought 1 year ago. The parentage is semi-alba (Paph niveum Sogo alba). The other being an award winning parent of Paph niveum Prathana.

The flower is not very large but it has nice round shape and symmetrical markings especially on the petals.