Paph Paul Parks x anitum

[bulolo]

Does any one know if this is registered? I looked on Orchid Roots but not the RHS website.

 

[My Green Pets]

gorgeous! i looked on RHS but only saw two Paul Parks crosses, and neither was with adductum / anitum.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Anitum is considered a synonym of adductum. Unortunately they are not separated by RHS. This means that this hybrid is 75% adductum. And it looks like it is unregistered as either anitum or adductum. Taiwan might have sent in a registration to be approved so you can always contact the breeder.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

It's an absolutely gorgeous hybrid no matter the name. I saw some of these for sale recently but passed them up, now I'm suddenly having regrets!

 

[Don I]

It is nice.
Don

 

[Djthomp28]

Gorgeous!

 

[SlipperKing]

Oh really. Then how did we get Johanna Burkhardt and Wossner Black Wings?

 

[DrLeslieEe]

At one point anitum came up independently, then got swallowed up again under adductum. Thus the same cross registered twice.

Quite silly because anitum breeds and grows differently. See pic from the WCSP from Kew:

 

[gego]

Anitum leaves are smaller too and darker. And there is this dark red variety, smaller flower and even smaller plant than the regular anitum. I have seen one from a breeder in the Bay Area. Its existence is probably a secret. But a picture was published before from AOS, i believe.