The mysterious Paph. Yospur

primulinum (the most likely non-listed parent that makes it sequentially flowering)

conco-bellatulum (the other parent species listed on the tag)

Paph. delenatii (one of the parent species)

This is Paph. Yospur. I bought it at Smith & Hawkins on last monday. It's tag says "Paph. Yospur (delenatii x conco-bellatulum). THe flower looks like it is a cross of those two orchids.

Paph. Yospur- the one that I bought

The mystery comes in here: conco-bellatulum and delenatii are both single-flower species. That means that they would only have one flower (possible and rarely two if grown really well) per growth.

The plant that I bought is clearly sequentially blooming (meaning one flower opens while several more buds develop, and then by the time the open flower fades and falls off the next bud is opening.)

I have posted the pics and the question on a message board and several people agree that there must be a third species in this orchid's background. And it must be from the section cochopetelum, which are all sequentially blooming species. It has been suggested and it makes sense that the mystery species is primulinum.

While it can be annoying when plants aren't properly labeled, I enjoy this aspect of orchids. It is fun to be do detective work and learn about the backgrounds of plants that you own!

Mini nobile-like dendrobium

This is Den. Ampai Isis x Den. Janya orange baby. I bought it at Orchids For You in Vienna,VA before Christmas (in bloom). What makes it so neat is it's size, it is 8" at it's longest cane, and the flowers are about 1 1/2".

The flowers are a lovely soft pink with a slightly whiter center and when it is warm and sunny in my room they smell wonderful!

Paph. Pinocchio

Here is my first ever re-bloomed slipper orchid! I bought this one in bloom at the 2007 NCOS Show. It's flowers were pretty small and there were only 2 of them. It has grown very well for me and now has a big flower with several more buds still developing!

Paph. Pinocchio is the cross of the two sequentially flowering species glaucophyllum x primulinum. It is considered a very easy to grow and bloom paph., and it has grown very well for me both with and without artifical lights.

Some new orchid purchases

Here are a few beauties that I bought at Orchids For You in Veinna,va.