Paphiopedilum ID finds.

Hello my dear readers,
I thought I just share in a short post some bits and pieces I have found out recently about some of the orchids I do have.
And when I say that I mean my beloved paphiopedilum orchids! Yay!

I have two orchids which are a bit of a similar hybrid - a bit.

First, is an orchid which I bought from a Polish eBay seller which I know and bought a lot of plants from and was always very happy! And still am just I need to wait for the darn thing to bloom - and also It was a bit of a shoot in the dark, till recently when someone posted online a picture of the orchid which I also have so I now have a clear image of what beauty I am waiting for.

Paphiopedilum Grant Szabo - Paphiopedilum Delrosii x Paphiopedilum primulinum (I didn't know it had a official name!)

And the second which I received from a lovely colleague from the Facebook orchid forum to rescue and I also know how it looks like! Yay so happy.

Paphiopedilum Delrosi x Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum.

Really happy I'm able to share the knowledge and pictures especially because it's really hard to find any information and pictures about crosses like that in the Paphiopedilum niche of the internet.

Hope some of you will find this helpful.

Please remember that the pictures don't belong to me.

Some pictures presented in this article may not belong to me and are a property of their respectable owners.

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