Paphiopedilum praestans?

[Jonathan]

Dear all...

I'm Jonathan from malaysia and have just venture into the orchid world wishing to learn from all the expert in this forum...

I have just started to collect orchid during this two weeks but i'm now only interested in two species (phal & phap)

Thanks in advance for everyone who share their knowledge and to those who share their tough...

Now to the main question...

I have bough an Paphiopedilum praestans from our local nursery here in malaysia and i'm hoping that you all would help me id it as is it a real Paphiopedilum praestans???

Because i have read lot's of report saying that Paphiopedilum praestans are not real paphiopedilum praestans lot's of "fake" ones in the market...

Here i have include two picture of the paph that i have bough...






Thanks a zillion everyone...

Cheerio
Jonathan

[orchidhunter]

Looks legit to my untrained eyes... But what I'd really want to know, is what is a "fake" Paph. praestans? Is it secretly a hybrid?

[Jonathan]

Because i have read from lot's of website saying that most of the Paphiopedilum praestans out there are mostly other species/hybrids... not the actual species of Paphiopedilum praestans...

Thanks for the response

Regards
Jonathan