Paph Martha Torrance "Doris"
An old friend of mine who knows more about these orchids than most people reckons that plants go through something like a five year cycle of variation in quality of bloom. This is perhaps the bottom end for this plant, which in fact has not bloomed for a few years - not due to any cycle, but simply after a house move, the paphs did not like their new conditions and it has taken a long time to adjust matters to their liking, which I'm confiodsent I have done, and then I have to grow them in these better conditions and keep it up, for a few more years to see them at their best. Now they are starting to bloom again, but not quite of the best quality, yet. But I'm an optiimist - next season will be better- always.
So Martha ' here can have flatter blooms, and a bit bigger too, She is an old friend of mine , originally registered in 1959 by a D J Torrance of Seattle, grows (normally) easy, regularly gave me divisions, and has long lasting flowers too, like all these complex paphs.
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