Growing Paphiopedilum bellatulum orchid in the UK

A look at modern orchid growing, and which plants I've had success with in UK conditions that don't involve a greenhouse. Hopefully helpful to other growers. Paphiopedilum bellatulum or the egg-in-a-nest orchid with the Latin etymology appropriately coming from ‘bellus’ meaning beautiful, grows in Myanmar, Yunnan province in China and nearby areas of Thailand. It entered cultivation initially as a result of the British Raj (well indirectly!). During the 2nd Burmese war, the British founded Fort Stedman on the shores of lake Inle in modern day Myanmar and its later commander, a Mr Moore, was responsible for collecting the first specimen plants and shipping them back home to the nursery of Messrs Low & Co in England. Described in 1888 as a Cypripedium it was reclassified in 1892 as a Paphiopedilum. It's often described as a lithophyte (plant growing on rock) or as ‘semi-terrestrial’. The former isn't really true and neither really is the latter. It grows on the ground so qualifies as…