wardii

This plant was exhibited at the Quebec City Orchid Show by the Ottawa Orchid Society. It was pulled for judging but was passed due to some bruising marks on the pouch rim. The flowers were really gorgeous green and great form with petals near horizontal. Eventhough it was slightly smaller than...

My large wardii received an HCC of 78 points today. I thought it would score higher but there were too many awards from Rob H. (LittleFrog) that was hard to surpass lol. But I’m grateful it was recognized nonetheless… plus I was placated with the FCC 🤭! Here is ‘Monster’ in all his glory...

Here’s a gigantic wardii just opening… already 13 cm NS! From Japan 3 years ago that came together with my red venustums I bought at the Tokyo Dome show. I may name him ‘Dragon Fly’ lol.

This flower is just opening and is huge! Almost 13 cm in NS and still expanding today. Maybe it will reach FCC size of 14 cm. That’s why I name him Monster! Don’t look him wrong in the eye lol. Scary up close and personal. Unless you’re a FLY lol.

This LeHua primary hybrid was between the alba forms of wardii x sukhakulii. This second bloom was much larger than the first one, 13 cm vs 9 cm. I was pleasantly surprised. Almost auctioned it off last weekend as a donation to my local orchid society. Luckily I kept it to see flower. I called...

A couple of Dec. bloomers posted a month late. Paph. venustum 'album' Paph. wardii URL=http://s300.photobucket.com/user/Paphluvr/media/Paphs/image_zpsbq9twhxf.jpeg.html][/URL]