Paphiopedilum platyphyllum

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Paphiopedilum platyphyllum
Acquired 10 years ago as a young plant at La Cour des Orchidées (French producer) ... first flowering.

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Great, that staminode with its exraterrestrial hairy look is fascinating!
What leavespan has the plant?
SlipperKing, what are 5 years when dealing with paphs...
 
Great, that staminode with its exraterrestrial hairy look is fascinating!
What leavespan has the plant?
SlipperKing, what are 5 years when dealing with paphs...

The pot measures 14 cm in diameter
The leaves 30 cm long and 8 cm wide
 
I have this as well its so slow had it 4/5yrs now and its done nothing lol. Hoping the small green numb forming is a new growth.
Your is lovely
 
Nice first time ! Excellent primary hybrid! Would like to see more striping in dorsal.
very rare.
excuse me firstly - looks like the unfortunate love child of stonei and kolopakingii

I sent an email and the photos for identification to William Cavestro.
Here is the answer:
"It's a very beautiful Paphio. That I don't have. Congratulations for the flowering and the photos.
At the taxonomic level, this Paphio poses many problems. Some taxonomists recognize it as a species. Others like Koopowitz as a hybrid between P. stonei and P. kolopakingii.
It was found in Sarawak but only one population is known. According to Koopowitz, it may be easier to recognize it as a variety of P. kolopakingii. Cribb believes that P. platyphyllum would not be a hybrid between P. stonei and P. kolopakingii because it does not grow in the same area as these 2 species.

Conclusion: this Paphio is still an enigma! Yours is probably a P. platyphyllum or a variety of P. kolopakingii... In any case, it is very beautiful and that is probably the main thing.
 

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