Leucochilum 'Choy Pau'

[paphioboy]

The same plant as in the thread 'second one', now with both flowers open. I gave it the clonal name 'Choy Pau' which means vegetable dumpling

 

[troy]

Very nice!! Big petals, do these grow wild where you are?

 

[paphioboy]

Nope. Wild leuco can be found in Thailand, not Malaysia..

 

[Migrant13]

Those are excellent. What are you growing them in?

 

[paphioboy]

Those are excellent. What are you growing them in?

A mix of limestone, charcoal, leca, volcanic rock and a bit of soil, which has washed out by now.

 

[Migrant13]

Thanks for the info!

 

[nathalie]

I love !

 

[fibre]

So lovely!

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely godefroyae

 

[Erythrone]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[17andgrowing]

Love it and love the name. Great job!

 

[cnycharles]

nice flowers. when i saw the clonal name/title, my brain kept wanting to see 'pak choi' for some reason

"may all your orchids grow like pak choi!"

 

[paphioboy]

nice flowers. when i saw the clonal name/title, my brain kept wanting to see 'pak choi' for some reason

"may all your orchids grow like pak choi!"

Haha.. I hope so too.. I chose the name 'Choy Pau' because of the green staminodes. Over here, dumplings are marked according to the different fillings by a small coloured dot on top of the dumpling. For vegetable dumplings, they have green dots on top.

 

[NYEric]

Nice but..Still not a leuch.

 

[rbedard]

Nice

 

[Wendy]

Wonderful flowers and the plant looks healthy and happy.

 

[Stone]

great plant!

 

[abax]

Omigosh, it's twins!!!! Gorgeous twins! I wish it was mine.

 

[paphioboy]

NYEric, do you consider these two as leucochilum? (Plants and photos are not mine, belonging to their respective owners)

 

[paphioboy]

In my opinion, the white/cream coloured pouch trait in leucochilum is variable with various degrees of spotting and this becomes especially obvious when the breeders select for improved colour in the petals. I presume the genes for pouch colour and petal colour may not be that independent of one another. We all know that line-breeding for other colour traits will produce characteristics not found in wild plants (say phalaenopsis bellina 'blue'), but that does not mean it is not the same species.