Paph. stonei with almost no stripes on the dorsal sepals

[rdlsreno]

I took this picture of a Paph. stonei at the Sacramento meeting last month and I was astonish that it has almost no stripes on its dorsal sepals.


Ramon

Paph. stonei

 

[Roy]

THAT is very nice!!!!

 

[JeanLux]

very unusual sight, this white 'space' without stripes! Jean

 

[paphjoint]

Right -- very nice

 

[SlipperKing]

Is it true, one with good striping is rarier then one without?

 

[carrilloenglish]

That is an excellent clone. I would make room in my collection for that plant without hesitation. Truly beautiful.

Christian

 

[Elena]

Oh man, I think it's gorgeous!

 

[Leo Schordje]

One of the better collections of stonei resides in Columbus, Ohio. This collector has some dozen or two different named clones of stonei. Over the years I've seen a number of them bloom. Most have a few stripes in their dorsals, 2 or 4 is the most common, but several clones bloomed like this with no stripes at all. Any stonei in bloom is a beauty, and I do like the clean white of these no-stripes-havin' clones. No stripes is a less than common but perfectly normal variant for the species.

 

[NYEric]

"That's hot!" Paris Hilton:rollhappy:

 

[WolfDog1 (C. Williams)]

I hope mine blooms as beautiful.

Nice.

Craig

 

[Hien]

It is a very beautiful clone, yes.

 

[goldenrose]

I hope mine blooms as beautiful.
Nice.
Craig

I hope mine blooms period!
That is a beauty & Ramon always does a plant justice!

 

[Corbin]

Very Nice

 

[SlipperFan]

I would love to have a stonei with a pure white dorsal.:drool:

 

[Roth]

That's a special colony in Sarawak that led those stonei with pure white dorsal. There is a picture if I remember correctly in "Slipper Orchids of Borneo"

 

[SlipperKing]

That's a special colony in Sarawak that led those stonei with pure white dorsal. There is a picture if I remember correctly in "Slipper Orchids of Borneo"

Page 49. It shows a PIC of one plant and mentions"a distinct form with a white dorsal sepal" There are 2 PICs of habitat but no mention of either being a distinct form

Good memory Sanderianum!

Rick H

 

[Rick]

The plants that Matt Gore bloomed last year had very little stripping too.

 

[tusker]

It would be interesting to see if the all white dorsal would come through in hybrids.

 

[Wendy]

Beautiful! I'm hoping that one of my stonei bloom out with a white dorsal. It's so attractive. Thanks for sharing.