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Not sure who will see this after the binaries holocaust by the big
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This flower was virtually black and white when it first opened. I waited
too long to get the picture and the dorsal sepal has "faded" to a dark red.

Steve


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By the way...

1. How many sepals does a Paph have?

2. Are you sure?

I looked at this flower 3 or 4 times over a period of 5 or 6 days before
I realized what was different. I even looked right at the "lateral
sepals" because there were stripes that contributed to the white portion
of the black and white color scheme.

Steve


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Glad you can still post Steve & this is the darkest paph I have ever seen.
Neat.
Cheers Wendy
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Not sure who will see this after the binaries holocaust by the big
internet providers....

This flower was virtually black and white when it first opened. I waited
too long to get the picture and the dorsal sepal has "faded" to a dark
red.

Steve



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Steve,

ALL orchids, being monocots, have three petals and three sepals. In some
cases, strange modifications have taken place obscuring that fact. That the
lip is a petal throws non-orchid-growers off to start with.

In the case of paphs, the two lateral sepals are typically fused into a
single structure known as a "synsepal". And sometimes, it appears somewhat
split, or even totally separated. I have noticed that it does not
necessarily repeat in future bloomings, and I have no idea why it happens in
the first place.

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By the way...

1. How many sepals does a Paph have?

2. Are you sure?

I looked at this flower 3 or 4 times over a period of 5 or 6 days before
I realized what was different. I even looked right at the "lateral
sepals" because there were stripes that contributed to the white portion
of the black and white color scheme.

Steve




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Default Paph (Noche ‘Rich’ HCC/AOS x Red Prince

Someone just brought in a roth that did this, split synsepal and IIRC a uni
petal. Thing almost looked like a masdevallia with caudae. or a unicorn or
a Dr Seuss character.

K

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By the way...

1. How many sepals does a Paph have?

2. Are you sure?

I looked at this flower 3 or 4 times over a period of 5 or 6 days before
I realized what was different. I even looked right at the "lateral
sepals" because there were stripes that contributed to the white portion
of the black and white color scheme.

Steve






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Fantastic Paph, Kathy. I thought I had a dark one but this is REALLY dark. The white would be a crowning touch. Very nice.
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This flower was virtually black and white when it first opened. I waited
too long to get the picture and the dorsal sepal has "faded" to a dark red.

Steve



oh COOL-!!

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