Paphiopedilum helenae in situ

[cxcanh]

Small but very nice...

 

[Ozpaph]

interestingly, they all look like the same clone.

 

[monocotman]

Beautiful.
I always make a beeline for your new in situ posts!
Keep up the good work,
David

 

[fibre]

That's what I hoped to see one time: a picture of helenae in situ.
Now you made it true. Thanks a lot!

 

[Markhamite]

Very nice. I like how they are almost all lined-up in a row. Looks like one plant creeping along a crack in the rock.

 

[SlipperKing]

This picture tells me helenae grows very simiular to most brachys.

 

[NYEric]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Thanks for sharing!
This is great!

By the way, I do see some variations in the amount and distribution of the brown coloring near the lower center of the dorsal sepals on them.
After all, there are all the same species.

They are sitting on the rock surface with little debris. canhii,henryanum, charlesworthii, emersonii...this sort of things grow like that.

The brachy pictures I've seen seemed to be more or less buried deeper inside moss, dirt, or small rock piecese/inside crevice.

 

[John M]

Wonderful....thank you for posting! Do you have any more photos; but, from a bit further back so that we can see more of the surrounding habitat? It'd be great if you could also post photos like that. Thanks very much!!

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Once again your photos make my day!

 

[cxcanh]

I'll answers one by one latter, just a photo of whole view

 

[Migrant13]

So awesome, thank you!!

 

[SlipperFan]

Amazing, indeed.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Great! but Canh has said before that he avoids posting such pictures for good reasons, which is giving clues to potential poachers.

 

[abax]

Amazing photos and helenae always makes me smile. I
hope you have a looooong lens because that climb looks
a bit dangerous and very slippery.

 

[Wendy]

Absolutely wonderful!

 

[Brabantia]

Beautiful, wonderful, splendid, marvelous .... It exist not enough words to describe the wild nature beauty. Congratulations also for your work which let us
be aware that these beauties still exists.

 

[cxcanh]

How it attach to the rock

 

[SlipperFan]

Looks like it slips its feet into the cracks in the rock.
This one is a beauty!

 

[troy]

It's vertical rock crevice living environment looks desolate, very interesting how they live, there must be an abundant of rich runoff that washes down that rock