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Had a busy first day. I think the show had 11 AOS awards, mostly Paphs and Phrags. Will try to get pictures and names tomorrow morning before sales.

I went, but am now frantically preparing to display and sell at the St. Paul Winter Carnival Orchid Show tomorrow. Here's one interesting hybrid that arrived yesterday.

I have experienced low germination on similar crosses, but given Hellas' track record, I would also remake it.

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Very well grown! One of the most important characteristics to breed for in miniature/compact Paphs is floriforousness.

I also like fairrieanum hybrids and produce them when I can. I have a few fairrieanum crosses in various stages of development. Paph Hanna Cramer Paph Reinier (helenae X fairrieanum) Paph (Paradise Gem X fairrieanum) Paph (Little Trouble X fairrieanum) Paph Tawan Paph (King Goldemar X...

I made it. Later I learned that the cross had been made and named already.

As a group, they have grown OK, but not as vigorous as some crosses. I would say similar to Paph Tawan.

Paph Butterscotch Leopard '#2' Paph Hanna Cramer '#1' (Nathaniel's Clarity X fairrieanum)

It's definitely an advantage to see as many flowers of a cross as possible, but probably not that many. As I've continued to make hybrids, I've started to learn that certain crosses will have more consistency, and others will be more variable. This applies to both good and bad characteristics.

Thank you for the interesting post. You said the other White Queen cross plants were more pink? I would love to see them. A couple of comments/questions: 1. Do you know which cultivars (especially of White Queen and White Knight) were used in the crosses? I think that can make a difference in...

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I'm not sure how small a Paph needs to be to be classified as a "teacup Paph". It is definitely compact. My hope for the cross was to increase the petal width while keeping the overall size small. Paph Hop Butterscotch is (helenae X Jollix Land), which reduced the size, but narrowed the...

This is the first that I have bloomed. I have sold many seedlings, so it's possible someone else has bloomed one of its siblings.

Paph (Hop Butterscotch 'Deerwood' HCC/AOS X leucochilum 'Tiny') Growing in a 3 inch pot

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The cross is now named Little Philo's Trouble

Paph Hop Butterscotch is half helenae

Again, this is the first to bloom. there will be more to follow. Butterscotch Leopard = (Hop Butterscotch 'Deerwood' HCC/AOS X Mary's Little Leopard 'Deerwood' AM/AOS).

This is the first to bloom. I got only about a half dozen viable plants from the cross. Tiny Linda = Little Linda X thaianum. Little Linda = Linda Sizer X Little by Little.