Paphiopedilum delenatii   GUILLAUMIN

Section: Parvipetalum

 

Paph. delenatii has "felt" always been available to us. But that wasn't the case for a long time. Before the rediscovery in the mid-1990s, Paph. delenatii rather rare. All of the offspring came from a single plant that survived at the Vacherot & Lecouffle nursery.

After Vietnam was freely accessible again, Paph. delenatii have been collected and exported in large quantities. Plants were not sold individually, but by the kilo or by the sack.

The plants grow at altitudes of 800 - 1300 m on granite rocks - it was precisely this species that we had been told time and again that they should grow on limestone rocks.

Paph. delenatii var. vinicolor is said to grow on limestone rocks. Supposedly only 3 plants of the variety vinicolor were found, but they were then propagated quite successfully from seeds.

 

 

 

 

here pictures from Paph. delenatii var. vinicolor:

 

 

 

 

Paph. delenatii f. album

 

 

Paph. delenatii f. semialba