Paph fairrieanum v. not sure what you call it

[TADD]

Hey guys, this guy was labelled as an album. However it has a light brush of pink on the back of the dorsal. I got this from Lenette's before they closed in horrible shape. It has taken two years to recover and send up this.

 

[Heather]

Pretty sweet. And I really mean that. You've made fairriaenum grow on me. Well, not literally!

 

[SlipperFan]

Looks like it has recovered very well, indeed!!!

 

[smartie2000]

Great job! It beautiful and I like that dorsal

 

[kmarch]

It's got very good form. If it has a pink blush I wonder of it might be an alba x typical. I dont' know enough about fairrieanum to know what would happen if a regular one were crossed with an alba.

 

[Per]

I have an album x typical that blooms out a very nice pink. I have a hard time telling it apart (except for the tag) from a straight typical. But, that's all I know about how that cross works.

 

[Nautilus]

Good job putting her back together! Very very nice flower you have!

 

[Bob Wellenstein]

It's not unusual for some album faiirieanums to bloom with a faint blush, they, like insigne sanderae, are different from the typical album that originates from a defect in one of the genes coding for the anthocyanin pathway. The amount of blush is variable from bloom to bloom, sometimes not present at all. A cross with a homozygous typical form would result in all typical color progeny. See the photo of a Candor Green Ice in another post and you'll see another example of this blush coming out, all parents in the lineage are albums. Did you make that connection Tadd?

 

[NYEric]

Looks fine to me.

 

[couscous74]

Nice looking flower :clap:

 

[dustywoman]

That pink blush is sweet!! Love the photo, too.

 

[Rick]

Very nice Tadd.

Good growing:clap:

 

[Gideon]

Stunning Tadd

 

[Park Bear]

wonderful