Paph Experts, are there any?

[Don Perusse]

On 2/5 I posted a thread asking what a helicopter type paph was. No-one posted a reply. Maybe I haven't waited long enough or we don't have any experts. At any rate I found the answer my self. Clackamas-Orchids in Oregon told me that the Paph. hainanense is referred to as a "helicoper type", which means: "it is reference to the paddle shaped petals on this section of the paphiopedilum" So now we all know.....does that make us experts?

[shakkai]

That is news to me! I've never heard of a 'helicopter type'... even though I grow hainanense.

Thanks for posting back and letting us know what it means! Otherwise I would have been in the dark too!

[DebsC]

Never heard of that type, Don. I do grow paphs but am not in my wildest dreams an expert.

[MuscleGirl'sHobby]

Well... I'm a phaph addict in training... does that count for anything?

It's a bit funny that I was browsing some online stores and refreshing the orchid board in the mean time... and I was just eyeing some paph seedlings from Clackamass.