Paph. dianthum "The Freak"

[Tom-DE]

Show your unique or ugly ones here also if you wish...
Here is my dianthum--Every bloom and flower, the dorsal opens up normally for two days, then makes a 90-degree turn and twists a little When it bloomed the first time, I was disappointed...In the subsequent blooms, all the flowers did the same...I thought it was unique, so I kept it, and called it "The Freak".
The flowers of this bloom are quite big, NS is over 9 inches for the biggest one.

 

[GuRu]

Very strange .... but unique .

 

[Duck Slipper]

Yep it’s a freak!

 

[Tom-DE]

Yup! I should breed it...

 

[Ozpaph]

nope

 

[Tom-DE]

I just tried to be more sharing... Now I am keeping it all for myself... unique, one of the kind, hard to find, all the goodies, all mine! want my ugly C. percivalliana alba? It is coming!

 

[BrucherT]

Love it.

 

[Tom-DE]

Love it.

That might be just a little bit too far...although I am getting warmed up by it.
For me. it is a unique item. If it didn't do the same uniformly for every flower and every blooming, or it didn't turn or twist enough, I might dislike it .. besides that, there are some beauty/good points in those flowers too, so I don't mind keeping it, at least for a little while.
What if this was a newly discovered species, I think people would accept that without any problems...

 

[Tom-DE]

Leslie, stop doing your haha...you are just jealous it is not in your collection. Seriously tho, would you keep it? and why?

 

[GuRu]

......What if this was a newly discovered species, I think people would accept that without any problems...

How true, people were exited to get one as soon as possible ....

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Leslie, stop doing your haha...you are just jealous it is not in your collection. Seriously tho, would you keep it? and why?

I like it a lot. The twisted dorsal forms a home for some homeless critter.

I was smiling because it reminds me of the expression ‘a face only a mother/father would love’.

I’d keep it because it is a novelty and that it might outlast all other dianthums in future to save the species.

 

[Tom-DE]

You little rooster "a face only a mother/father would love"? that sums it up...