Paph. godefroyae fma. alba x philippinense var. roebelenii

[Tom Reddick]

Posting this one because it is so unusual. First bloom on a very small plant. The bud was damaged- hence the dark spots in the dorsal and slight tears in one petal. A very large flower relative to the plant, and a second bud developing.

Curious to know if anyone else has flowered this cross. I find the plant intriguing, but space is limited- so it will be included in the 2018 Slippertalk Auction lot I am putting together of some recently bloomed plants.

 

[monocotman]

That could be stunning on a large plant.
It is surprising that you found an alba out of that cross.
Was the philippinense parent an alba?
David

 

[Ozpaph]

This months most bizarre hybrid goes too........................
(better outcome than I imagined)

 

[Don I]

I like the leaves.
Don

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Very nice outcome. These types of breeding lines produce a lot of mutts and deformed mutants, but your plant's flower looks to be much better than average. I'm not really into album paphs, however, this is a case where I think it works out quite well. The flower does look proportionally large. Philippinense was a good choice for this cross, IMHO, to keep the plant size small, to keep it easy to bloom, and for the album potential. And it doesn't appear to have impacted the flower size too much, so win-win!

Thanks for donating this to the auction. I bet it fetches a nice sum for the forum!

 

[NYEric]

Paph. Jennifer Stage. Nice. Thanks for sharing. I have a couple of those. We have very similar tastes.

 

[GuRu]

That's a really cool flower - congrats.

 

[gego]

Agree. A good outcome. But I would have preferred with color or something really green.

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[NYEric]

 

[tomkalina]

Very nice!

 

[Tom Reddick]

Thanks everyone. Hmm, if you like it that much maybe I should keep it lol. But no worries- it will be in the auction. This is not in the direction I am looking for future breeding, and so it must go.

David- I am not sure if the philippinense parent was also an alba form. I just know it was marked as var. roebelenii.

NYEric- thanks for the cross name. I will add that to tag.

 

[Wendy]

Wish I could bid on it. It’s interesting.

 

[blondie]

Wow I love it some one i know has this or a similar hybrid I can't remember what his is.
I'd love to have one of these in my collection