June 4, 2008
Paphiopedilum Salvadore Dali ‘Monster’
(Paph. liemianum x Paph. victoria-regina)
HCC 79
Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos

Description:

Two flowers and two buds on a single inflorescence; dorsal sepal pale green with a 0.7-cm. cream margin, veined and speckled deep maroon centrally; hirsute petals pale green evenly blotched deep burgundy; synsepal pale green; pouch rose speckled raspberry with pale green margin; staminode green shading toward black on lower half; texture waxy.

Measurements in cm.

 Ns  10.0  nsv  7.9
 Dsw  5.0  dsl  3.6
 Pw  1.2  pl  5.4
 Lsw  2.8  lsl  3.2
 Lipw  2.4  lipl  5.6
 # flwrs
2
 # buds
2
 # infl
1
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