paphiopedilum esquirolei var. album SM/TOGA

[J GDK]

Flower belongs to my friend.

 

[paphioboy]

Wow! Excellent bloom...

 

[Shiva]

Very nice!

 

[Paul]

very nice one!!!
does it need to be grown very humid and shady or else?

 

[fbrem]

that's a cool one

 

[goldenrose]

:clap::clap: Nice!
Looks to be a compact plant as well!

 

[SlipperKing]

That is one proud flower! Very strong looking.

 

[Hakone]

Flower belongs to my friend.

Hello J GDK,

Is the plant a Division from Chin Hua ?

 

[GuRu]

Flower belongs to my friend....

Congrats to your friend to grow and flower this green beauty - well done!!

 

[Hien]

Very, very beautiful

 

[SelectOrchids]

That's the plant from Kunming... It is known as well as K.K. Crystal River FCC/AJOS, Beautiful flower.

 

[Hakone]

here is Crystal River FCC/AJOS

 

[SlipperFan]

Very impressive!

 

[W. Beetus]

I personally like the plant pictured in the original post. Looks to have better form, in my eye.

 

[NYEric]

Wish I knew how long the leaves were but the plant looks to be small. THanks for sharing.

 

[SelectOrchids]

here is Crystal River FCC/AJOS

This one is not Crystal River. It is the parent of the Crystal River 'x self seedlings' sold however, but it is really not as good as Crystal River.

Here is the original picture of K.K. Crystal River, when it was awarded:

The award page and description are here:
http://www.orchid.or.jp/orchid/society/ajos/datafile/2004-04fle.html

NO SEEDLINGS OF CRYSTAL RIVER EXIST AT PRESENT TIME. If you look, all the offers for K.K. Crystal River selfings are made with a 'borrowed' pictures from the AJOS.

The TOGA esquirolei album is definitely, and indeed, Crystal River. I know as a fact that there was a big plant in Kunming about 10 years ago. The owner sold one division to Japan, which became Crystal River. About 5 years ago, he offered several others divisions, I got one still here, and Mainshow Orchids got the whole remaining of the clump directly. That TOGA plant is coming most likely from Mainshow Orchids, directly or not.

 

[NYEric]

good info, thanks.

 

[Hakone]

still another K.K. Crystal River


http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20051

 

[SelectOrchids]

still another K.K. Crystal River


http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20051

No, that one is again something else, esquirolei album 'Chen' x self... A very nice one, said by some to be chiuwanum album, but not the Crystal River. There are no seedlings of Crystal River around, only a very few divisions, in Taiwan, Japan, and I got one. There should be one in Thailand as well...

 

[Hakone]

Hello Xavier,

please wait. Here are another two clones