Paph Bill Werntz

Paphiopedilum Bill Werntz is a cross between an awarded Greyii and an awarded Psyche. Actually have about 5 or so of these and they are all more or less the same with very little variation. This particular flower is quite nice -- but just a little smaller than the awarded ones. I think all these siblings have nearly all flowered for me with 2 flowers at a time on the same stem, so it is nice to get that type of flower production from a small little plant.

Once you get them past that initial small seedling stage, they almost seem indestructable, albeit slow growing. They can really withstand the media getting quite dry for as long as a week or more, which makes sense because of the brachypetalum genes. However, they don't seem to become specimen plants, as they don't throw off multiple growths from the main growth.

A horrible pic here -- but a nice flower.