Paphiopedilum Hsinying Alien

[NYCorchidman]

I have a few of these, all quite different, which is fun.

This particular one was bought at Trader Joe's in Northern California on vacation last October.
It was only about $5. The flower was big (the biggest of any I've seen among the plants of this cross) and colorful, and was cheap, so I picked it up.

Now, it is back in bloom.
It just began to unfold itself and I took it from down up, hence, the funny looking flower.

The dark one in the back is a sukhakulii hybrid, which is also back in bloom in about one year.