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A few oddities...

A couple of these may not look like flowers to you, so here goes:
Most recent bloom, paphiopedilum bellatulum (slipper orchid).. :wub:
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...boy/bella3.jpg
Bulbophyllum subumbellatum, little stinker.. :laugh:
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...boy/Subum2.jpg
Dendrobium anosmum
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...y/Anosmum3.jpg
Gongora claviodora
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...ioboy/ggr1.jpg

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OMG!!paph bellatulum is one of my favourite.How often does it flower for you?

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Wow nice orchids...why are slipper orchids called slipper orchids?

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Thanks guys.. :)

kit, this one was a recent purchase.. But flowered in the lowlands.. I know a few guys in Singapore who grow and flower bellatulum successfully. Just grow like niveum or concolor, but it is very sensitive to rots, so keep sheltered from rain...

marvin, the bottom petal is actually shaped like a slipper or pouch to catch insects. Unlike nepenthes, the caught insects do not die but are released after they pollinate the flower.

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Wow kit 1212 you must be some type of orchid pro!!

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Paphioboy,
I don't have any luck with paph.I have a niveum which i keep for a year plus but it doesnt flower for me. =( I also had few paph imported from taiwan..They keep producing side growth. T.T

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Very nice vandas, kit.. :) Vandas are not my thing, and I don't have the appropriate conditions for them.. Side growths on paphs are a good thing.. If you decide you have no patience for paphs, I will be glad to get them off your hands.. :D