Oooops good eye! Will do tomorrow.I'm sorry, just *pulls that one petal out from behind the bract it's stuck behind.* There we go.
What's the dorsal spread?
I think everyone will differ in their opinions and that the traits attributed to each varietal type are on a continuum. As a result, most often in judging they just judge it against the one with the closest color first, then form and phenotype.Leslie, this is a strong and well grown plant with 2 flower spike at the same time. Congrats to the grower.
Not sure whether it is a common Paph. philippinense or var. roebbellenii. I read in the new book of Olaf regarding this and he wrote of 3 taxonomist (Reichenbach, Cribb and Braem) and each of them mentioned different characteristics. According to Reichenbach var. roebellenii shouldn't have green veins/markings on the stamonode and the growth should be smaller and the flower spike more pubescent. Bream mentioned the more twisted petals. In the end I'm not experienced enough to say which is which !
Who’s got the side-by-side comparisons?I think everyone will differ in their opinions and that the traits attributed to each varietal type are on a continuum. As a result, most often in judging they just judge it against the one with the closest color first, then form and phenotype.
That's what I asumed, too....but wasn't really sure.According to the picture, from the shape of the plant and the leaves, I think it is a normal philippinense, not var. roebelinii.......
Thanks for the comparison.According to the picture, from the shape of the plant and the leaves, I think it is a normal philippinense, not var. roebelinii. I have a few wild clone of roebelinii. The leaves of roebelinii is more thin in width and harder in substance.
The picture is a comparison of plant shape between both of them. Right side one is normal philippinense and the left side one is roebelinii.
Thanks Wendy but it was grown and flowered by the owner John Barnes. I’m just the ward lol.We’ll grown and gorgeous Leslie! Best of luck at the judging.
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