RHH's photos with the keyword: venustum

For a change of pace I decided to post some of my orchids. This orchid species is from the Himalayas and is sometimes referred to as the "Brain Pouch Slipper Orchid." It has beautiful mottled foliage, a rather rare feature in orchids. I've posted two different varieties, the one without any of the darker coloring, an "albino," and the other the normal form.

Paphiopedilum venustum is a small species of Lady's Slipper from India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It has beautifully patterned leaves and these lovely flowers. The ordinary variety of the species has flowers with some purplish-red color which is lacking in this variety. This was a first-bloom seedling but I've bloomed the other variety, shown in the inset, many times.

Some time ago when this was in bloom, I did a whole series of detail shots and posted them on my blog. This is one of the shots showing some of the detail of the pouch and staminode. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2012/12/paphiopedilum-ven...