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Old 07-13-2009, 05:28 AM
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Mango Louis is correct you have a Paph insigne. It looks to me like it is probably the species. It is possibly the 'Harfield Hall' cultivar, which is larger and more darkly coloured than a typical insigne, but there'be no way of knowing for certain without a close comparison.

Can you please measure the following parts and post the result:
1) The dorsal sepal both width and length
2) The "natural spread" of the flower which is form the tip of one petal to the tip of the other measured without spreading the petals out or moving them in any way
3) the width of the petals
4) the height and width of the pouch

According to Olaf Gruss, the 'Harefield Hall' cultivar does not clump as readily as a regular insigne and is very difficult to breed with. The large size of the flower and the difficulty in breeding suggests it is a triploid (see our new orchidgeeks dictionary for explanation).

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Originally Posted by Mini Me View Post
Hi mango the paph youve got is a prins paph ..
What's "prins paph"? I'm afraid that doesn't make any "orchid name" sense.

Can you please clarify what you mean by this?
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