Venus Slipper Orchid - Paphiopedilum PinocchioThe Venus Slipper Orchid, Paphiopedilum gratrixianum, affectionately named Pinocchio, is one of the most captivating and botanically fascinating rare orchids available to collectors and plant enthusiasts in the UK. With its large, dramatic blooms featuring a distinctive pouch shaped slipper lip, rich burgundy and chestnut petal markings, and a broad creamy dorsal sepal striped with deep colour, this is an orchid that looks like nothing else on a