Paphiopedilum godefroyae var. alba 'White'

This plant came from a breeder in Thailand about 2 years ago.  According to him the albino plants of P. godefroyae comes in two forms; the white and the yellow.  This plant is grown in 50% shade in the open and given no fertilizer for a long time.  It gets its nutrients from the pine bark and compost in the potting mixture.

这棵兜兰是两年前从泰囯买进的。有黄白两种。

Together with this plant, i bought another plant labelled as P. leucochilum var. alba.  It is also flowering now with the bud just about to open this morning.

The godefroyae/leucochilum plants are subject of much debate too.  Some consider P. leucochilum as as a variety of godefroyae and label them as P. godefroyae var. leucochilum.  Others consider them separate and classify those with pure white pouches as P. leucochilum.