Paph. Formosa Lady (or not)

[swamprad]

This is the long awaited first blooming of my Formosa Lady. However, it looks quite different from another Formosa Lady posted on here a while back. So perhaps my tag is wrong. What do you think?

 

[Pete]

Formosa Lady is sanderianum x susan booth i think. and susan booth is roth x praestans..? so this is (roth x praestans) x sanderianum)... hmm maybe, looks kinda like a st swithin hybrid or something with some philippinense in it...

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I don't know, but I love the stripes in the petals - really nice effect.

 

[Leo Schordje]

Some clones of sanderianum the petals go straight down without much 'shoulder'. One normally hopes this trait is not expressed in the next generation. Your plant got it full strength. I would say yes, the putative parentage is plausible. Your tag is probably right. I like the color contrast, not too fond of the petal angle.

 

[emydura]

Here is my Formosa Lady. It is hard to believe they are the same hybrid. My plant is what you would anticipate a Formosa Lady to look like - something approaching a PEOY. Your plant seems to have a lot of phillipinense in it which isn't a parent of Formosa Lady. I can see praestans as well. If it was a primary hybrid I would have guessed praestans x phillipinense. As it is a secondary hybrid you will see some variation but it is almost a little too hard to believe this is Formosa Lady.

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15461

David

 

[Candace]

I agree, I think your plant is mislabled. Grrrr....

 

[Shiva]

Whatever the case, I like it, though I would prefer the petals didn't curve at the end.

 

[nikv]

I like it just the way it is, whatever it is.

 

[etex]

Very cool bloom! The stripes are distinctive!

 

[SlipperFan]

I like it, petals and all. It reminds me of fairrieanum's stance.