Crossing with other plants that have these traits might be interesting.
A couple years ago I did cross tran with jackii. The seed was sent off to my former flasking service only to fail due to multiple attempts all resulting in contamination.
Oh yes you are right with the staminode! But also the special shape of the tranlienianum pouch - it isn't visible so clearly here, but it contributes a nice smiling face to this flower.Nice result with big staminode. For me the proportionately large staminode on tranlienianum is part of it's charm.
My fantasy cross would be alba hookerae x alba tranlienianum, ... and hope that the albinism is not complementary, ....although it wouldn't surprise me if the alba hookerae no longer exists.
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