Paphiopedilum Paeony 'Regency'

Flower colors The wide petals are yellow and red-brown mottled. The sepals yellow-whitish and red-brown mottled. The lip is yellow strongly veined with red-brown letting a beautiful yellow margin.
Number of flower for spike Almost all species are solitary-flowered specially those which need cool conditions. However there are some multiflora species like Paphiopedilum lowii.
Flower size As the picture was taken during an orchid show and we couldn't measure it. In fact it was a big flower.
Preferred conditions They need intermediate to cool conditions. They do not like strong light which can scorch their leaves. Although they need medium to low light levels under natural conditions (dense tropical forests), in cultivation, they have to be given a little more luminosity. To find the correct average lighting, pay attention to the leaves: if they turn dark, they are receiving less than they need, if they turn to yellow or pale green, the light is too strong. In summer, it needs plenty of shade. Feed with a high nitrogen fertilizer in a half dose during the growth period and none during the winter. The compost should be constantly moist as there is no pseudobulb to stored water. Be sure there is no standing water in the leaf axils. Good ventilation is important to avoid any rotting. Small pots, deeper than wider with substrate to terrestrial genus It is not a very easy plant to cultivate but the hybrids are, in general, easier because are more adaptable and less dependent of defined temperature patterns.
Season of bloom Winter (once a year).
Origin

This a complex hybrid formed by mainly an unknown species, then Paphiopedilum spicerianum (northeast India and northwest Burma), insigne (Nepal and northeast India), boxallii, exul (Thailand), villosum (India, Burma and Thailand), hirsutissimum (India and China) and bellatulum (Burma and Thailand).

 

Comments Most species has a single flower per inflorescence. Some groups are multiflora bearing a few flowers concurrently. Some others are also multiflora but the flowers are produced one after other in a slow succession.