An album Brachy x Multifloral backcrossed to Brachy…

[Ernesto]

Coming up on five months post flasking of this seedpod, Paph. Jennifer Stage frma. alba (godefroyae x philippinense) x leucochilum frma. album. I’m expecting albino flowers from this weird backcross of an intersectional Paph hybrid (Polyantha x Brachypetalum) crossed back to Brachypetalum. Backcrosses like this aren’t unheard of (think Paph. Frank Hughes, or Hadley Cash’s Paph. Dragon Lord) but as far as I know I don’t think these have been attempted with album plants. These have been exciting to watch grow!


Pod parent: Paph. Jennifer Stage frma. alba

Pollen parent: Paph. godefroyae var. leucochilum frma. album

Proud parents^

Plantlets have begun differentiating leaves and roots!

Close up of the first roots to appear on these guys.

Pollination and sowing dates listed on my tag.

 

[fibre]

Congrats to this cross! It is good, that Jennifer Stage took the pollen and it is even better that you got germination!
Am I right that you did a green seed sowing just four month after pollination???

 

[Ernesto]

Congrats to this cross! It is good, that Jennifer Stage took the pollen and it is even better that you got germination!
Am I right that you did a green seed sowing just four month after pollination???

Thank you! And correct. I sowed the seeds as soon as I noticed a change in the ovary’s color— it went from green to slight yellow, and was flasked before it could begin splitting.

 

[Happypaphy7]

How exciting!!

 

[Djthomp28]

Congrats on the progress! It definitely sounds interesting!

 

[NYEric]

Good luck. I finally killed my Jennifer Stage albums
Hopefully you will have a couple of your cross available in a few years.