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That's so nice of you, thank you! I can't imagine it topping this first bloom but I guess time will tell. One thing for sure is that I will NEVER touch one of the petals when it blooms again :)

Thank you. I appreciate it.

It's been a terrible start to the winter season for sure. November is our rainiest month of the year, but the rain (and wind) this month has been far too generous!

Hi Edward. Welcome from south of the Fraser. It's nice to see you found your way to this forum, you will learn a lot here. I recognize your beauties from our WhatsApp group.

We weren't hit as hard here as other areas, lucky us, but it was very windy all night and into today and it's still windy this evening. My brother on Vancouver Island is still without power. Hopefully Paphman910 made it through the bomb cyclone without any damage. I hear things are supposed to...

Thank you for such kind words! That put a big smile on my face (and distracted me from the big wind blowing outside as a huge wind storm approaches - we're hunkered down and happy the power's still on........). Belle is starting to lose her flowers now and her new growth is slowly growing so I'm...

Congratulations! It's beautiful.

Thank you. What a long strange trip it's been!!!!

I wondered about that and forgot to ask when I chatted with one of the judges. Thanks for letting me know. Honestly, I would have been pleased with an HCC or even a nomination so the FCC literally made my jaw drop. This was definitely a good reminder about "when in doubt, take the plant anyway"...

Thank you so much! And yes, I noticed that typo too. At least they didn't spell it with an "a", lol!

I was thrilled to receive my first FCC at a recent show in Victoria, BC. Not only did the AOS judges like my paph but the ribbon judging team also awarded it Best Paphiopedilum, Best First Bloom Seedling and Grand Champion. Some of you will recall the unfortunate mishap I wrote about in an...

Welcome from the Canadian side of the PNW!

Oh my gosh that's so pretty! Another one to add to the "gotta have" list!

That is absolutely beautiful and so well grown. The name you chose for it is perfect. Congratulations!

It was definitely a surprise to me to see it grow into something so big. I was impressed that it had six flowers on the first bloom (I believe the judges were impressed by that too). The timing couldn't have worked out better so even with its snipped curl I had to send it out into the world to...

That's so nice of you. I feel very honoured. But I have to credit you for coming up with her clonal name. You encouraged me not to let her miss the ball because of her snipped curl, lol. Then after she was awarded you were the first to refer to her as the Belle of the Ball and I really liked the...

Thank you so much! I still can't believe it. When I arrived at the show yesterday I couldn't get near my plant because of all the people crowded around it taking pictures. It was a crazy. I have to go back to the real world today (work) but will get some pictures together in the next couple of...

Thank you for sending them. They’re lovely.

Thank you! What a crazy couple of days it’s been. I’m looking forward to getting over there tomorrow to see it all for myself. We’ll have to get Sasha on to this forum, lol. He loves his paphs!

Thank you Leslie! Word travels quickly. I hope to see Stan on Wednesday and will get more details from him. I guess that snipped petal wasn’t such a big deal after all.