The gross anatomical views of the multiple-flowerbearing-
type Paphiopedilum Delrosi were similar to those
of the sequentially flowering Paphiopedilum Deperle.
There were also two unequally sized bracts at the node
around the pedicel of a blooming flower (Fig. 3e). The
large one (bold arrow) was a terminally differentiated
tissue. The small one (thin arrow) contained a new
miniature FB with a meristem-like, dome-shaped bud top
(Fig. 3f, empty arrowhead) and a miniature small bract (thin
arrow). Again, the small bract of the older FB became the
large bract for the newer FB. This flower development
pattern repeated until the number of flowers reached its
limit of approximately five. Thus, the main stalk terminated
in the first flower and the lateral meristem at the base of the
small bract reiterated this pattern, forming a scorpioid cyme
inflorescence architecture (Fig. 3g, the numbers 1, 2, 3
indicate the first, second, and third terminal flowers,
respectively).