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Dogs, oh yes dogs, finally something I can have a say in, we now have 6 of them. I know a lot more about dog breeding than about orchids.

I'm also really looking forward to Dresden, I'll be there for the first time. I only have 70km to get there. Don't know if I'll be there Thursday or Friday.

Unspectacular and yet always beautiful. Paphiopedilum gratrixianum.

Now it is ready and pleases me with its bloom. Popow and Gruß both publish similar plants as manzurii, American reviewers seem to see it differently, actually I don't care, but I'd be interested to hear what @ORG has to say about it.

My manzurii just has a bud and I'm very curious if it really is one, since it also comes from Ecuagenera. However, I do wonder if the red in the staminode is really a clear indication that it's not a manzuri. in Olaf Gruß in the book manzurii are shown, which very well also have red in the...

12,5% Pap. lawrenceanum 12,5% Paph. mastersianum

A sukhakulii hybrid with 75% sukhakulii, flowers reliably every year.

Update

An unregistered hybrid is blooming at my place right now.

Krull's Glacier is definitely the correct registered name of this hybrid. Mrs.White, on the other hand, is probably more of a trade name in Europe. Paphiopedilum Krull's Glacier

The plant is not that big, it is cultivated in a 12cm pot. Yes, it is green first, then yellow, then off-white and finally pure white.

No, I am reluctant to keep plants permanently in water. In summer she stands in the garden and is dived daily. In winter on the windowsill I dip them every three days.

The first two of four inflorescences have unfurled their flowers. They are blooming for me for the first time.

Here finally my Krull's Glacier with all three flowers. With best wishes for the new year

So my statements are not to be evaluated scientifically. They are based solely on my observations over the last few years. It is striking, however, that both the White Lady and Mrs. White are so similar, both at exhibitions and in the trade, as if they were industrially manufactured. I'm...

My Spicerianum is not as well endowed as Leslie's, more like the garden center average, but she has been inspiring me for 6 weeks, I particularly like the flag and the "ruff".

She is beautiful! However, I am not sure if this is really the White Lady. She looks more like Mrs. White (Krull's Gacier; Paphiopedilum Ice Age × Paphiopedilum Icy Icy Wind). The White Lady is significantly more open, the petals are narrower, the shoe is significantly larger and never spotted...

It's time...

I now believe it's Phragmipedium Conchiferum.

As much as I would be happy about such an event in Dresden. My fear is that after this winter nothing will happen in Germany, by then they will have destroyed this country over a period of time. 🤬