Paph philippinense aureum

[Ozpaph]

aureum means 'gold' or yellow. Its just a colour descriptive, I believe.
Alba means white, so technically green flowers aren't alba even if they have no red pigment.
I understand the term 'albo-viride' is one of many terms used for green-white-yellow flowers without red.
No idea how to describe this flower with a one word epithet. It is most unusual.

 

[SlipperFan]

That's what doesn't make sense to me -- alba means white, but in Paphs, it refers to flowers that are yellow or green. Orchid jargon!!!

 

[17andgrowing]

Awesome!

 

[Ozpaph]

That's what doesn't make sense to me -- alba means white, but in Paphs, it refers to flowers that are yellow or green. Orchid jargon!!!

We say that but its botanically/taxinomically incorrect to do so. Most should be albo-viride (or so a recent article in an Australian orchid journal argued)

 

[gnathaniel]

Beautiful! The dorsal is mesmerizing.

 

[Migrant13]

Beautiful! The dorsal is mesmerizing.

Agreed! And the compact nature of this one makes it even better.