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Fellow Central NY Orchid Society member Iris Cohen recently purchased the above hybrid (paph liemianum x haynaldianum) from one of our speakers Duane Erdmann a few months ago and had the following questions and observations:
"It looks exactly like halfway between the two parents, liemianum x haynaldianum. Shape is more like haynaldianum, with coloring & half-twist petals from liemianum. Right now it has two flowers open. Duane doesn't think it will have the continuous bloom like liemianum. It was registered in 2002, and as of last spring, no AOS awards. Since it is a pleasant looking flower, I am wondering why? Two possible reasons. There are a gazillion haynaldianum crosses and two gazillion liemianum crosses. With so much competition, one more hybrid might be unnoticed unless really spectacular. The judges would say, "It's just doing what it's supposed to."
The other possibility is that not being a big commercial hybrid, it hasn't been shown enough. Just curious."
Please feel free to post thoughts and comments, and I can send the link to this thread to Iris - thanks!
Fellow Central NY Orchid Society member Iris Cohen recently purchased the above hybrid (paph liemianum x haynaldianum) from one of our speakers Duane Erdmann a few months ago and had the following questions and observations:
"It looks exactly like halfway between the two parents, liemianum x haynaldianum. Shape is more like haynaldianum, with coloring & half-twist petals from liemianum. Right now it has two flowers open. Duane doesn't think it will have the continuous bloom like liemianum. It was registered in 2002, and as of last spring, no AOS awards. Since it is a pleasant looking flower, I am wondering why? Two possible reasons. There are a gazillion haynaldianum crosses and two gazillion liemianum crosses. With so much competition, one more hybrid might be unnoticed unless really spectacular. The judges would say, "It's just doing what it's supposed to."
The other possibility is that not being a big commercial hybrid, it hasn't been shown enough. Just curious."
Please feel free to post thoughts and comments, and I can send the link to this thread to Iris - thanks!