Paph. superbiens

[SlipperFan]

They are lovely, Justin!

 

[SlipperKing]

here are a couple of mine. great plants...wish now i just had dot's photography skills

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I wish you did too Justinoke:

I'm siding with the curtisii group. I don't think the true superbiens is out there just yet.

 

[SlipperFan]

So, does someone have photos to show the difference?

 

[Justin]

well who knows. here are some links...

http://www.neeri-orchids.ch/Neerach/PaphGrossBilderSeiten/Paph_superbiens.htm

and

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13058&page=5

 

[Stone]

There must have been a reason for the name in the first place?
I consider this superbiens (and probably the best I have seen):http://www.orchidspecies.com/paphsuperbiens.htm
And also this:https://www.orchidweb.com/products/paph-superbiens-var-curtisii~89.html
But perhaps not this:http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31749

 

[Justin]

mike your second link looks exactly like dot's and my plants.

 

[SlipperFan]

The unfortunate thing about photos is that they are often too poor for real ID. Too much contrast, too much saturation, too dark -- they don't help much.

The best was from UweM:
The best souce for identifications is:

Paph. curtisii

http://www.neeri-orchids.ch/Neerach/PaphGrossBilderSeiten/Paph_curtisii.htm

Paph. superbiens

http://www.neeri-orchids.ch/Neerach/PaphGrossBilderSeiten/Paph_superbiens.htm

I think Justin may be right -- a mix of the two. So what shall I call it?

 

[SlipperKing]

UweM posted the real superbiens post #45. All the finely spotted petal ones are curistii IMO
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13058&highlight=superbiens&page=3

 

[SlipperFan]

Interesting, that the superbiens examples have green on the dorsal sepals, but the curtisii ones do not.

 

[SlipperKing]

What's more interesting Dot is the green petals and the larger/fewer spots on the superbiens. Not so on the curtisiis, at lease for UweM plants.

 

[Happypaphy7]

I always wondered what the real difference between the two, and still do.
I don't think those pictures posted by UweM is representative of each group.
The one in the middle is definitely questionable of being hybrid.
The presence of the green on the dorsal is also not a good way to tell which is which. The same goes for the leaves.
Now I don't know what to believe. lol

 

[SlipperFan]

I always wondered what the real difference between the two, and still do.
I don't think those pictures posted by UweM is representative of each group.
The one in the middle is definitely questionable of being hybrid.
The presence of the green on the dorsal is also not a good way to tell which is which. The same goes for the leaves.
Now I don't know what to believe. lol

My thoughts, exactly.

 

[Paphio]

Love this species!!!