Paph. Darling 'Aiko'

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Frederick

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Dear all,
This is Paph. Darling 'Aiko' from Vacherot & Lecoufle--difficult to bloom since it is made with the original Vacherot & Lecoufle delenatii (the one specimen extant in the whole world until rediscovery).

This plant needs a rest in winter otherwise it just won't bloom. The problem is to keep it dry and cold without killing it. The same applies to Mme Martinet (I recently killed mine--a division of the awarded Mme Martinet 'La Tuilerie" which had 7 growths and just wouldn't produce a bud).

Some Taiwanese growers are remaking these beautiful hybrids with the easier rediscovered clones. I only wish they used delenatii dunkel which would produce bigger, even pinkier blooms.

The flower opened over the week end.

Happy growing
Frederick
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Nice! I thought I read delenatii dunkel breeding actually is supposed to make the flowers smaller...
 
Imageshack is working fine for me. Either the site was slow when Eric tried it or his internet provider had some issues.
 
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