P. x lushuiense 'Heng Duan Beauty' SM/DOK

[Guldal]

A reliable bloomer (natural hybrid between spicerianum x villosum):
Ns: 10 cm
Plant and flowers in toto:

 

[Paphluvr]

I don't think I've seen this cross before but I like it. Definitely shows the influence of both parents, and to good advantage.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Looks big plant?

 

[My Green Pets]

Never seen this cross, it's a natural hybrid too? Really like it!
And Spiderman!

 

[DirGo]

Lovely flower... But it looks a lot like Paph. Lathamianum to me. This man made cross by W.B.Latham in 1888 of Paph. spicerianum x Paph. villosum was/is very popular for a long time. This will probably end up in a story very similar to x angthong and Greyi...

 

[Guldal]

Lovely flower... But it looks a lot like Paph. Lathamianum to me. This man made cross by W.B.Latham in 1888 of Paph. spicerianum x Paph. villosum was/is very popular for a long time. This will probably end up in a story very similar to x angthong and Greyi...

Yes, I know, they are the result of the same cross, Lathamianum and x lushuiense....the first as you point out, DirG, man made....and x lushuiense the naturally occuring hybrid. As the provenience of my plant is more than certain - I bought it of mrs. Wenqing Perner (who is very particular about the "pedigree" of her plants), I will henceforth continue to name it as the natural hybrid, that it is.
You can't tell the end result apart, though, and I therefor think, that the story of P. Conco-bellatulum vs. P. x wenshanense might be the more apt parallel.

 

[ORG]

Here you can see the artificial hybrid Paph. Lathamianum with the same parents. It looks really the same.
The typespecimen of Paph. x lushuiense was darker in the color.

 

[Ozpaph]

a good mix of the parents