Another one of my recent bloomers; Paph Delrosi. I bought this plant a couple years ago, as a young non blooming size plant. This year it's finally bloomed, and though it's a nice bloom, I'm quite disappointed. While it more or less has the color and fuzziness of a Delrosi, the form is completely wrong. It's so wrong that I'm wondering if this really is Paph Delrosi.
The pouch is supposed to be smaller and rounder, and the lateral sepals should be more pointed and horizontal, and the dorsal sepal should be more pointy as well. I'm also suspicious that it may be virused, based on the steaking. But that's my fault, I suspect that I have a virus in most of my collection.
I think I'm going to email the grower and get his opinion on it... He still has it (blooming size now, and this is what it should look like:
Paph Delrosi, Orchideeën-shop
Paph Delrosi by
Camille, on Flickr
Paph Delrosi (or so says the label)
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