My orchid-Paphiopedilum Insigne

*pics taken at different stages while its flowering. (took about 1 week to record it to full bloom)



somewhere in 2004, i bought this paph from the orchid society trading table.
it must be my 3rd or 4th orchid. it has one flower when I bought it.
after it finished flowering, i left it outside per the instruction from book and seller, but it hasn't done very well. as in not much growth and no flower. earlier this year, i moved it indoors and it started shooting new growth and then a stalk appeared -it's going to flower. i am so pleased and so proud of myself.
the blooming itself took about one whole month. it stayed as a bud for weeks (something like 4 weeks?) and on the final week, i managed to capture the bloom, day by day up to when the flower finally bloomed.