Paph. Helena fma. aureum 'Lemon Elf', BM 2019/SOS and DOK

[Guldal]

I bought this little pearl as a division from 'Fibre' last year.
I was so excited, when I spotted a bud - and now it has earned itself 2 x BM: first at the last gathering of our local orchid society; then at the test match, Denmark-Sweden, in Lund (SOS = The Swedish Orchid Society - DOK = The Danish Orchid Society).

Plant in toto:

Flower:

Flower in another light (evening):

 

[littlefrog]

Nice

 

[monocotman]

Very cute!
David

 

[P.K.Hansen]

Oh, pretty.

 

[Ozpaph]

very pretty form

 

[abax]

Congratulations! That's a beauty and so well grown. I don't
think helenae is particularly easy to grow and the one I had
(and I repeat HAD) bloomed once and did a slow death spiral.

 

[HairBear73]

Beautiful and a lovely looking plant as well

 

[musa]

That is a beautyful thing!

 

[likespaphs]

i love helenae aureum more than i can put into words
thank you for a wonderful example

 

[BrucherT]

Absolutely tremendous.

 

[BrucherT]

Is it me or is that plant and flower really large? It looks so much bigger than my little helenae.

 

[fibre]

I bought this little pearl as a division from 'Fibre' last year.
I was so excited, when I spotted a bud - and now it has earned itself 2 x BM: first at the last gathering of our local orchid society; then at the test match, Denmark-Sweden, in Lund (SOS = The Swedish Orchid Society - DOK = The Danish Orchid Society).

... and not to forget the German Silver Medal years ago. So it is now Paphiopedilum helenae forma aureum 'Lemon Elf' SM/D.O.G., BM/DOK, BM/SOS

 

[NYEric]

Congrats. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Guldal]

... and not to forget the German Silver Medal years ago. So it is now Paphiopedilum helenae forma aureum 'Lemon Elf' SM/D.O.G., BM/DOK, BM/SOS

The point score for the BM/SOS in Lund was 6.2 - so almost as close to a SM as could be. If I can keep the li'l beauty alive and maybe flower it with two flowers at some point....??!!

 

[GuRu]

P. helenae itself is a beauty and your forma aureum is an absolute stunner. Soooooooooo nice, congrats.

 

[emydura]

Congratulations. That is nice.

 

[Tom-DE]

cute!

 

[blondie]

That's ever so nice