Paph callosum?

[JeanLux]

I got this plant with low buds (stem with 2 buds on one growth, stem with 1 bud on another growth) some months ago as Paph callosum! As recently, I got evidence that several tags of my plants were incorrect, I have become suspicious! Maybe you can confirm the species! I like this first rel. large flower however !! Jean

 

[SlipperKing]

It looks like callosum to me Jean.

 

[John M]

Me too.

 

[goldenrose]

Don't know what else it could be!?

 

[PaphMadMan]

It certainly looks very similar to my callosum currently in bloom. Mine has more down-swept petals and darker color, but these are variable traits in callosum.

 

[likespaphs]

looks like it to me too but i don't know much about callosum.
how big is the flower?

 

[toddybear]

I concur it's a callosum

 

[SlipperKing]

Well there you have it Jean, it's a callosum and pretty neat at that!

 

[SlipperFan]

I think it's a very nice callosum.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

That's a callosum!

 

[JeanLux]

looks like it to me too but i don't know much about callosum.
how big is the flower?

+/- 12 cm NS

 

[emydura]

I'd say a callosum as well. Looks a bit different to your classic callosum though which tends to have a bigger rounder dorsal. I like yours just the same.

David

 

[GuRu]

Due to the vast range of its origin P. callosum is extremely variable and I would eat a broom if yours isn't one.
Best regards from Germany, rudolf

 

[john mickel]

Photo

Jean - it has to be unless Lance Birk says its not - J - makes such a nice big pot to display

 

[Rick]

I would eat a broom if yours isn't one.

:rollhappy::rollhappy::rollhappy:

Of all the things to eat, I've never imagined a broom!!

This callosum has a posture a bit like var. sublaeve.

But as you mentioned this species has a large range, and it overlaps with barbatum. So there is lots of variation, gradations, and what appears to be natural hybridization with barbatum.

 

[Lance Birk]

This looks like P. callosum from Khao Yai region. Mine just opened. Could be twins. Mine has two stems with 2 flowers each, ... as usual.

 

[Rick]

This looks like P. callosum from Khao Yai region. Mine just opened. Could be twins. Mine has two stems with 2 flowers each, ... as usual.

Where is the Khao Yai region Lance?


Also given that this species has been in cultivation for over a hundred years, are there still significant wild importations of this species into Europe or US, or clones with limited generational breeding that could be traced back to regional populations?

 

[Lance Birk]

Hey Rick,

Khao Yai lies ESE from Bangkok, about where the "lower-lip" region of the elephant's head is, approx 70 clicks W of the Camboge border. My plants are jungle collected and are 'pure.'

There are plenty of P. callosum and varieties still in habitat but I do not know the security of those places. I have not personally collected from very many habitats, but I have seen several regional types that I believe are geo-specific. I doubt that they are exported in the same numbers as from the past, but this is only a guess.

If your question is about whether or not they are bred in cultivation and then sold overseas, I think they are collected and then sold.

While lumping them all together as a single species, I think they can and should be separated at some time in the future, if that can be possible. Whatwith CITES, I don't imagine that can ever be accomplished while the treaty remains in effect.

 

[biothanasis]

My plants are jungle collected and are 'pure.'

LOL

 

[paphjoint]

Very nice Jean!