Not surprisingly perhaps, Paphiopedilum malipoense opened the door to hybridizers breeding for novelty type grexes with green background color and full, puffy pouches, the latter which are actually modified petals in the Orchiaceae scheme of arrangement. Novelty green hybrids that fulfilled the originators aspirations include Paph. Harold Koopowitz, Paph. Ma Belle, Paph. Jennifer Kalina, Paph. Guacamole, Paph. Jade Dragon, and Paph. Envy Green. First and even second generation hybrids of Paph. malipoense produced some unexpected and often uniquely beautiful colors. Paph. Christina Richards, Paph. Green Smoke, Paph. Mint Chocolate, and Paph. Fanaticum come in lovely, soft pastel shades, while startlingly bright lime-yellows were seen in Paph. Norito Hasegawa and Paph. Memoria Larry Heuer. Also, Paph. malipoense gives us Paph. Lynleigh Koopowitz (a near white, bred from Paph. delenatii), Paph. Wossner Jade (an icy-green bred from Paph. niveum), and Paph. Po Tree (a glossy, lime green) bred from the complex Paph.Yellow Tree.
Paph. malipoense is one of the easier parvi section Paphs to grow, as it is tolerant of a fairly wide range of growing conditions, although it does appreciate like most in its' section that night time temperature drop in the fall for flower production in late winter/early spring.
There is a distinct range of green color in this species, from lime green with a glossy appearance, to a dull lusterless gray-ish green. Fortunately, the species delights the nose with a luscious fragrance of either raspberries, or pine trees, depending on the clone and your nose!
