Dick Hanson sent me this photo today of a plant he has flowering in his greenhouse. Dick grows his brachypetalums in a specially constructed “case” in his greenhouse with interior lateral air flow from small muffin fans and auxiliary overhead lighting. He has recently improved lighting conditions by replacing old fluorescent shop lights with 6500K T-5 fluorescents and is really pleased with the results.
When looking up Paph. niveum var. ang thong ‘Maybrook’, AM/AOS in OrchidWiz it appears that this is, or was at some time considered synonomous with Paph. godefroyae. I confess I don’t know what the current taxonomic stance is this week, but this particular cultivar grows much more like Paph. niveum than Paph. godefroyae.
This cultivar belonged to G.A. (Bert) Wright, who created so many great and wonderful paph hybrids over the years. This cultivar grows vigorously and is quite rot-resistant. I know Bert shared this plant with many growers over the years so it’s possible some of you out there may have this in your collection.
When looking up Paph. niveum var. ang thong ‘Maybrook’, AM/AOS in OrchidWiz it appears that this is, or was at some time considered synonomous with Paph. godefroyae. I confess I don’t know what the current taxonomic stance is this week, but this particular cultivar grows much more like Paph. niveum than Paph. godefroyae.
This cultivar belonged to G.A. (Bert) Wright, who created so many great and wonderful paph hybrids over the years. This cultivar grows vigorously and is quite rot-resistant. I know Bert shared this plant with many growers over the years so it’s possible some of you out there may have this in your collection.