Paph. henryanum
Drats! After buying a Paph. Deception II niveum 'Snowball' HCC/AOS x delenatii 'Angel' in Dec '04, I snapped the bud off just before it bloomed in March '05. Then I fert burned the leaves to the extent that I wondered if the plant would survive. Noted to self that Parvis and Brachys don't care for salts!
It put up a spike last month, and I thought I'd finally get to see it! I should have been suspicious that it wouldn't last long. The spike grew fairly quickly. Then it took nearly two weeks to fully open. I thought I'd have it around for at least a month or two.
Today it was browning rapidly. The poor flower is spent after so short a bloom for a Paph! Maybe it hasn't yet forgiven me for past abuse. Its pristine white with faint spotting and blushes of pink, is pristine no more!
So I bet you're wondering why this thread is entitled Paph. henryanum...well, I haven't gotten to the planned photo shoot in the kitchen, because my counters are covered with about 60 pots of seedlings. No room to hang the black velvet! So when I gasped at my poor fading Deception II, I ran around and snapped in situ in my apartement, anyway photos of some of the more recent bloomers. Lest they fade before I reclaim the kitchen for cooking and photography.
Henryanum is one of them. A species discovered in China in 1987, and later found in bordering Vietnam, it's named after its discoverer, the famous or infamous orchid collector, Henry Azadehdel.
McJulie
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