This is comfortably the best Roth I have ever bloomed. To me, it has everything, size, colour, flower count (for a first bloom with 4). I'm not sure of the pedigree as I just bought it as a 'Roth', based on the leaves. I liked how symmetrical they were, a perfect fan shape. I can only assume the parents must have been pretty good.
My best Rothschildianum
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Lovely color!
id be extremely happy with that!
That’s a stunner!
Justin
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Fantastic! It is not every day we see a roth with this quality. Great color and nice round shape. You hit the jackpot on this one.
Looks great!
Dorsal looks big in the pic, how wide is it?
Dorsal looks big in the pic, how wide is it?
It's about 6 cm wide.
Excellent!!
cborchids
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Very nice. May I ask who sold it to you? Might give me a clue about parentage. I'll be interested to see natural spread in a week or so, I think it's going to continue opening a bit
It came from Elite orchids, ( UK based nursery) I hope it does continue to open s bit, it's about 26 cm wide at the moment, but the base of the petals is very deep, around 2 cm, so could go a bit wider without looking out of proportion I think.
cborchids
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I took a look at their website. I see they've bought in plants of rothschildianum from Orchid Inn (now out of business), Orchidweb, Paph Paradise, and have some of their own as well. The one that looks most like yours is
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (‘Paradise City’ x ‘Dark Angel’)
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cborchids
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Thinking more about petal angle than saturation of near black, which I'm sure is more or less recessive.
tnyr5
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It's probably a 'Dark Angel ' x 'Howard P. Martin'. That's what's going around and blooming out at the moment.
This was my initial thought too.
I also have this cross from Elite, but all the ones they had were small seedlings. It looks like it could be a great cross.
Does anyone have any tips on how to encourage multiple new growths? I regularly use seaweed extract, as I read it is a growth stimulant, I find this is great for encouraging new roots, but can't say for certain it influences the number of new growths. Generally I get two new growths, but not always, I would really like 3. This plant currently has one small growth about the size of a thumbnail. I am keen to grow it as large as possible, as quickly as possible, so any thoughts would be appreciated.
Good dark colors so far but I think the flowers have yet to extend fully. I’m sure it will be more potential then.
Murray F
Murray
Very nice one
