Paph. Doctor Toot
I'm not a slipper guy, I thought they need conditions different from epiphytic orchids. But in 2003 I won a seedling. The tag says: Paph. delenatii x topperi.
Paph. topperi is apparently synonym to Paph. kolopakingii. The cross Paph. kolopakingii x delenatii was registered in 1996 for R.J.Rands and named Paph. Doctor Toot.
The plant was not difficult to keep, but not really strong enough to flower. Last year I saw at the orchid show in Neu-Ulm big plants of Phragmipediums and Paphis. I went to the grower and asked him about his fertilizer. So I bought from him the "Urea free 20-10-20" orchid food of 'Grow more'. I hope it's not forbidden to give this reference. Since then the growth rate doubled. So here is the first blooming of my exception.
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