Paph Lake Shinsei (armeniacum x conco-bellatulum)
 

FINALLY! :banana: I first noticed a sheath holding a bud deep in the crown of this parvi cross back in June/July of 2006-bud finally showed with elongated stem in Jan 2007.Yesterday the bud finally opened to show the flower.I was finally able to give a sigh of relief.Notice the light speckling on the pouch--no --that is not fly specks.Since this is just the second day --I'm waiting to see if the colour will change to intensify or change in any way.New growth has already started:biggrin:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...akeshinsei.jpg

Very nice Jane. Looks well worth the wait.

:shock: My goodness !!! You take the prize for patience on that one! It's beautiful :biggrin:

Very nice bloom.

:cheer: Congrats!! Love those spots. I can't believe it took that long OMG :shock:

Excellent color on that bloom:) I can see a little of both parents

Very nice paph Jane...you do win the award for patience :cheer: :cheer:

Very pretty and I bet well worth the wait :D :banana: :cheer:

That was a long wait.... Congratulations!

looks great,well worth the wait

I would've lost my mind (what's left of it, anyway ;) )with a wait that long!

Very nice, I love the color!

I think the only longer wait would be for sanderianum to get to flowering size!!!

I like the combination.

You can see all the parents clearly in that one. Did you give the plant a cool rest in winter? I understand that some armeniacum hybrids benefit from cooler, brighter and drier in winter to stimulate flowering. If so, perhaps that explains the long time between initial sheath versus a bloom. You win the award for patience!

Awesome bloom!

No-- I treated it the same way as other paph plants.I do tend to keep cool & dry for some of the other parvis but I didn't for this one .Kept it with the multis but in front so got good light.

Nice combination of it's parent's shape and color/pattern.

Beautiful ! Good growing ! :clap: Gin