Cross Madame Martinet with ... ?

Hello guys,
I've got a paph Madame Martinet
with 2 buds. Which cross would
you recommend (except Darling)?
Thanks,
Olivier

What do you want from the cross?

A pretty pink flower.

Then how about a godefroyae or a godefroyae-heavy cross? I suppose you could go with Gege Hughes or another copper complex as well and get flushes of pink.

Have a look at http://www.marriottorchids.com/DL.html and see what went into making those nice pinks.

The previous registered crosses dont seem too inspiring - go the brachy.

I could only find two registered crosses
with species:
Sachet: (T. Root) x fairrieanum
Pink Powder Puff: x Greyi
No pic unfortunately.

I could only find two registered crosses
with species:
Sachet: (T. Root) x fairrieanum
Pink Powder Puff: x Greyi
No pic unfortunately.

I think a cross should be something new, so I wouldn't go with the godefroyae at all as greyii is mostly godefroyae. Perhaps a different Brachy like concolor? Or perhaps something really interesting like using Paph Hellas?

Hellas x delenatii gave us lovely flowers like Maisie Gay:





Who can guess how the callosum will influence the progeny from such a cross?

For a Brachy, I would try niveum as it tends to spread red into a nice pink blush in some circumstances. Or you could try back crossing it to delenatii in the hopes of improving the form. One other possibility is to use a good quality complex red. Orchids, Limited has a similar old cross made by Vacherot and Lecoufle, Paph Atlantinet = Atlantis x Madame Martinet, which they then used to make Paph Pink Atlantis. You could perhaps contact Jason or Robert (Drorchid) to see if they have a picture. Here's a picture of a Paph Pink Atlantis = Atlantinet x Blanche Sawyer that I bought from Orchids, Limited a few years ago.

Here you go:

Here is a picture of Paph Atlantinet:



And here is one of our Paph. Pink Atlantis; this one turned out more pink in color than the seedling of Ross, but I think his was better shaped:



Robert

Thanks, Robert!

think it would be nice with http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24615

I'll take no chances. I'll do:

unregistered


unregistered


darling

Today's the day. I slit open the shrivelling 7-month-old capsule of barbatum x Mme Martinet and found this:



I've located paph Atlantis at last. Let's the game begin!

What are you sowing your seed onto?