It’s Still Slipper Season

In Updates on 6 December 2011 tagged Orchids, Paphiopedilum

Last month when I wrote about Slipper Season, one of the three Paphiopedilum flowers had not yet opened. Since it’s one of my favorites, here’s a special update.

This plant’s name is Alma Gavaert ‘Hagers’ x (Oriental Mystique x Enchanted Orient), which means it’s a hybrid of a hybrid. I’m amazed that anyone can keep names like this straight.

There’s just something about green and white flowers. I love them.

The orange dots in the photo above are the pollen balls, ready to stick to an insect of just the right size.

See Also

• Paphiopedilum Seedlings from Troy Meyers
  I received the deflasked seedlings today and there were at least two dozen individual plants there.
• Slipper Season
  It's Paphiopedilum season in Plantgasm Gardens right now.
• The Joy of Out-of-Bloom Orchids
  If you want top pick up orchids on the cheap, and you're feeling lucky, buy them when they're not flowering.