Paph henryanum

[Rick]

I must have been taken by the beauty of the flower, because I just realized the backdrop is trashed. This is King Kong X Chunky I got from OL a few years ago.

 

[SlipperFan]

Looks like a good one! Very nice shape and color.

 

[goldenrose]

I love the clonal names! It's a winner in my book!

 

[paphjoint]

Very pretty

 

[Ernie]

Wow! Dude, take it to judging.

-Ernie

 

[Rick]

Wow! Dude, take it to judging.

-Ernie

Thanks Ernie. I took this flower on a previous blooming (looking about like this), and it didn't stack up to previous awards (which are very numerous).

 

[myxodex]

Lovely ! ... wish mine was like that.

 

[Hien]

I must have been taken by the beauty of the flower, because I just realized the backdrop is trashed. This is King Kong X Chunky I got from OL a few years ago.

What trash, I didn't see any...either.

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

That one is a real beauty. I've never bloomed one of those yet. I'm sure when mine blooms it wouldn't be as nice as that one. That ones a keeper !!!

 

[bwester]

nice, I have got to get one of these someday

 

[toddybear]

Excellent flower, even if the background is questionable oke:

 

[CLMoss]

Beautiful! Did you grow it in a Greenhouse or under lights?

 

[Rick]

Beautiful! Did you grow it in a Greenhouse or under lights?

GH

 

[Ron-NY]

is it a cholchisine treated one? Sure looks like it might be 4N....stunning!!

 

[Rick]

is it a cholchisine treated one? Sure looks like it might be 4N....stunning!!

Its not listed as such, and it breeds easy enough too. The flower is not exceptionally large, just well formed with wide petals.

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

That flower made me so jelouse. It so happened that Glen Decker was speaking yesterday to our society. I was looking over the plants and was holding a couple to buy and then someone must have changed their mind and layed down a henryanum tha was in flower. It was the only one he brought and I grabbed it. Then when I got home and went looking for my one seedling of henryanum and it looks like that one may be in low sheath. Only time will tell.

 

[e-spice]

Wow that one is worth whatever you paid for it.

e-spice

 

[Gilda]

A nice one indeed !! :clap:

 

[Rick]

Here's an update with both of my henryanums open. The flower on the left is an un-named clone from Andy's. It's a vigorous grower and blooms well, but the shape and color are pretty average. It is big though (9cm span). Chunky X King Kong on the right is 8.5 cm petal span with a 5 cm wide sepal. The taxonomic description of henryanum in Cribb's book has a total span of 5cm and a DS of 3.5 cm. So henryanums have come a long way since they've been in cultivation.