First Complex for the season

[Roy]

Well, I had to get one complex Paph open eventually. This is a first flowering seedling. P. Fine Arts x Sparsholt.
I think it has some potential.

I like the complex.

 

[Marco]

nice complex the more i see them the more i want to try one for the hell it

 

[Ross]

I really like it! It has nice, wide petals, and the dorsal is nice and round. The circle started by the dorsal is completed by the synsepal.

 

[SlipperFan]

Good shape. Nice color, also.

 

[smartie2000]

nice one. It's very symmetrical too

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Good one! While the dorsal isn't the biggest, the colors are good, and the staminode isn't twisted....Enjoy! Eric

 

[WolfDog1 (C. Williams)]

Looks nice to me.
I got my first complext last year.
We'll see.....the jury is still out with me.

Craig

 

[Greenpaph]

superb!

 

[Roy]

Eric, you mention the staminode not twisted, Why? Thats one thing that I never or rarely incur with my paphs. Sometimes I think its a problem with the parents used. I notice it more when looking at some of the Japanese and German bred paphs ( with awards ) and some Taiwanese plants.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

One of the frequent problems I have seen with complex paph hybrids is a twisted staminode...I have only seen it on complex paphs, no others. Perhaps it is a peculiarity with American strains. Take care, Eric

 

[Roy]

Eric, the Paphs you have seen, would they have been flowered under natural light conditions or under lights ??? From limited experience here, I have found that forcing complex paphs to grow or flower by unnatural methods can cause many abnormalities. It doesn't seem to occur which other paph families or as much.