{"id":6072,"date":"2016-07-01T12:59:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/?page_id=6072"},"modified":"2017-11-23T21:16:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T20:16:58","slug":"orchid-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/blog\/orchid-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Orchid blog<\/h1>\n<h4>This blog is dormant at the moment, but it is still getting a lot of visitis so I will keep it up for you guys as a resource.\u00a0My future adventures will be published on my <a href=\"http:\/\/rebootlife.me\/\">new blog<\/a>, hope to see you there!<\/h4>\n<p>My focus\u2026 if pressed to name favorites it would have to be orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance. But a <em>Paphiopedilum<\/em> was the first orchid I ever fell in love with so slipper orchids will always be close to my heart, and while we are on the subject I might as well disclose a love affair with <em>Neofinetia<\/em> as well.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-large fusion-blog-infinite\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite fusion-posts-container-load-more fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"58\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-8473\" class=\"fusion-post-large post-8473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-orchids category-orchid-blog tag-orchid tag-paphiopedilum tag-paphiopedilum-philippinense\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/\">Paphiopedilum St. Swithin<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/paphiopedilum-philippinense-01.jpg\" data-id=\"8473\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Paphiopedilum St. Swithin\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaphiopedilum St. Swithin\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/\" aria-label=\"Paphiopedilum St. Swithin\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/\">Paphiopedilum St. Swithin<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A rather large plant\u00a0in my collection, Paphiopedilum St. Swithin (rothschildianum x philippinense), a classic cross registered back at the turn of the last century. The tag actually says\u00a0Paphiopedilum philippinense, but this is abviously not the case... though most likely a St. Swithin. Regardless, it\u00a0is an impressive multi-floral primary hybrid\u00a0from the subgenus Polyantha and it sure does command respect when in blooms. The beautifully striped flowers measure nearly 10 cm tall with a petal wingspan of<a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/author\/karma\/\" title=\"Posts by Karma\" rel=\"author\">Karma<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2016-11-16T20:11:23+01:00<\/span><span>November 16th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"category tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/#comments\">6 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-st-swithin\/\" aria-label=\"More on Paphiopedilum St. Swithin\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5822\" class=\"fusion-post-large post-5822 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-orchids category-orchid-blog tag-paphiopedilum-insigne tag-paphiopedilum-leeanum tag-paphiopedilum-spicerianum\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/105-Paphiopedilum-Leeanum-03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum Leeanum\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/\">Paphiopedilum Leeanum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/105-Paphiopedilum-Leeanum-03.jpg\" data-id=\"5822\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Paphiopedilum Leeanum\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaphiopedilum Leeanum\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/\" aria-label=\"Paphiopedilum Leeanum\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/\">Paphiopedilum Leeanum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The slipper parade continues, it is Paphiopedilum season after all. Let me present\u00a0Paphiopedilum Leeanum, a lovely primary\u00a0hybrid\u00a0with Paphiopedilum\u00a0insigne as the seed parent and\u00a0Paphiopedilum\u00a0spicerianum\u00a0as the pollen contributor. It is an old classic as far as hybrids go, registered in Britain in back in 1884 when the orchid hybridization craze was first gaining momentum. Leeanum was one of the first of many\u00a0successful insigne\u00a0crosses exhibiting enormous vitality and eagerness to\u00a0bloom, a quality making insigne very popular in hybridization<a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/author\/karma\/\" title=\"Posts by Karma\" rel=\"author\">Karma<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2015-11-15T12:57:53+01:00<\/span><span>November 15th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"category tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/#comments\">12 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-leeanum\/\" aria-label=\"More on Paphiopedilum Leeanum\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5790\" class=\"fusion-post-large post-5790 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-orchids category-orchid-blog tag-orchid tag-paphiopedilum-appletonianum\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/089-Paphiopedilum-appletonianum-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum appletonianum-08\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/\">Paphiopedilum appletonianum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/089-Paphiopedilum-appletonianum-02.jpg\" data-id=\"5790\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Paphiopedilum appletonianum-08\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaphiopedilum appletonianum\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/\" aria-label=\"Paphiopedilum appletonianum\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/\">Paphiopedilum appletonianum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Paphiopedilum appletonianum is a personal favorite in my collection. I know I say this every year, but everytime it blooms I feel this way so it must be true then. Not only do I like that the flowers last for several months I also adore the color combination and the purple-brown, lightly hairy and ridiculously long inflorescence often measuring up to half a meter long! The lovely light mottled leaves add some extra appeal even<a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/author\/karma\/\" title=\"Posts by Karma\" rel=\"author\">Karma<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-10-13T11:25:38+02:00<\/span><span>October 27th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"category tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/#comments\">4 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-appletonianum-4\/\" aria-label=\"More on Paphiopedilum appletonianum\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5614\" class=\"fusion-post-large post-5614 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-orchids category-orchid-blog tag-orchid tag-paphiopedilum tag-paphiopedilum-purpuratum\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-Paphiopedilum-purpuratum-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum purpuratum\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-purpuratum\/\">Paphiopedilum purpuratum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-Paphiopedilum-purpuratum-1.jpg\" data-id=\"5614\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Paphiopedilum purpuratum\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-purpuratum\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaphiopedilum purpuratum\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-purpuratum\/\" aria-label=\"Paphiopedilum purpuratum\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-purpuratum\/\">Paphiopedilum purpuratum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This stunning species\u00a0hail from southeastern China and Vietnam where it grows at elevations of\u00a0500-1400 meters. It is a small and fairly easy going species. It does not require a whole lot of light and can handle a wide temperature range from\u00a0warm to intermediate\u00a0and a\u00a0grows either\u00a0terrestrially\u00a0or as a lithopyhte on limestone cliffs in nature.\u00a0The leaves are beautifully\u00a0mottled in a pale and dark green rather graphic modern camo pattern.\u00a0Commonly called the purple Paphiopedilum it\u00a0is as to be<a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-purpuratum\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/author\/karma\/\" title=\"Posts by Karma\" rel=\"author\">Karma<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2015-10-16T15:13:02+02:00<\/span><span>October 16th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"category tag\">My orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Orchid blog<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Paphiopedilum purpuratum<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-purpuratum\/\" aria-label=\"More on Paphiopedilum purpuratum\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5293\" class=\"fusion-post-large post-5293 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-orchids tag-diodonopsis-pygmaea tag-dryadella-albicans tag-masdevallia\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" src=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/015-Diodonopsis-pygmaea-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Diodonopsis-pygmaea\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/\">Diodonopsis pygmaea&#8230; or is it?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/015-Diodonopsis-pygmaea-9.jpg\" data-id=\"5293\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Diodonopsis-pygmaea\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDiodonopsis pygmaea&#8230; or is it?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"tag\">My orchids<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/\" aria-label=\"Diodonopsis pygmaea&#8230; or is it?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/\">Diodonopsis pygmaea&#8230; or is it?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This plant originally comes from Ecuagenera who sell it\u00a0under the name\u00a0Diodonopsis pygmaea. However,\u00a0I am not convinced that this is correct.\u00a0Although my\u00a0plant and flower\u00a0matches the picture on Ecuageneras\u00a0website, other photos of this species show a rather different looking plant and flower. For one, there is nothing pygmy\u00a0about this pygmaea... The plant is much larger that I had expected with leaves measuring about 8-10 cm and with a much broader flower measuring about 1.5\u00a0cm. My best guess<a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/author\/karma\/\" title=\"Posts by Karma\" rel=\"author\">Karma<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2015-09-17T12:48:31+02:00<\/span><span>September 17th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"category tag\">My orchids<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/#comments\">16 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/diodonopsis-pygmaea-or-is-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on Diodonopsis pygmaea&#8230; or is it?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5278\" class=\"fusion-post-large post-5278 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-orchids tag-paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum tag-sony-cybershot-dsc-rx100-iii\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/115-Paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum-05.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum\/\">Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/115-Paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum-05.jpg\" data-id=\"5278\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaphiopedilum vejvarutianum\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/category\/orchid-blog\/my-orchids\/\" rel=\"tag\">My orchids<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum\/\" aria-label=\"Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orchidkarma.com\/paphiopedilum-vejvarutianum\/\">Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is a small terrestrial species from southwestern China and Thailand. Found around 500 to 750 meters, it is a warm grower, but I grow it kind of intermediate and it seems to handle that just fine too. It is a fairly new species, only just described in 2003, although it may have been on the market under the name\u00a0Paphiopedilum\u00a0charlesworthii var. kanchanaburi before. 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