Orchid of the day: Paphiopedilum philippinense 'Khairul Bariah'

Paphiopedilum philippinense 'Khairul-Bariah' AM/AOS

A) Our orchid was recently selected as the Judges' choice at the local Maryland Orchid Society meeting  on the 17th of May, 2018.

B) Here is Anthony with our Paphiopedilum philippinense 'Khairul-Bariah'.

For the past three years, we have had a single flower stem with six flowers. Actually, six flowers per stem is more than the norm, hence this orchid clone received the Award of Merit (AM), from the American Orchid Society on June 7th, 2014. I had mentioned in the past, how much we would love to have a second inflorescence in the future with twelve flowers in total! See my post from June 21st, 2015. Now that we do, we ended up having only five flowers per stem. I guess we can't have everything. Ten beautiful flowers aren't too shabby, I would say. 😊

C) On April 14th, we clearly saw two flower stems and with five flower buds developing. This was in contrast from the last three years, where we only had one flower stem.

D) By May 14th, almost all ten flowers, five per stem or inflorescence, were opened to show their magnificent shape and colour.

E) Zooming in, we see how extended and twirly the petals are.

F) An 'aerial' view of our orchid.

G) From behind, you can see the stripes on the sepals.

H) A final close up showing the details in the flower.

To conclude today's post, I must confess that this is definitely one of my favourites. Of course having an orchid clone named after me didn't hurt either! I hope you found this post a feast to your eyes.

Until next week, here a photo of this orchid with it's certificate from the AOS in 2014.