Paph. villosum x Amber Star

[eds]

Bought in flower so can't take credit from the grower!

 

[Tom-DE]

I like the colors.

 

[eds]

Thanks Tom. Me too.

 

[eds]

This plant is flowering again. It's now 5 fans with three new starts coming too so I'm hoping to get a few more flowers next year.

The flower,



The plant,

 

[Don I]

Quite nice.
Don

 

[eds]

Two flowers this year but neither are as good and the first only lasted a couple of weeks.
This is the second flower this year.

 

[Paphluvr]

I like this, especially the color of the 2020 blooming. It's strange, though, that in 2019 the staminode looked normal, in 2020 it looked like it had a nibble out of it, and this year it's missing.

 

[eds]

I like this, especially the color of the 2020 blooming. It's strange, though, that in 2019 the staminode looked normal, in 2020 it looked like it had a nibble out of it, and this year it's missing.

You're right - hadn't noticed that. Just checked the compost bin and the previous bloom this year was the same! I wonder if that is related to the plant's growth? It was struggling a bit before I put it into semihydro and this might have affected the blooming?

 

[Paphluvr]

Sorry, I can't offer an opinion on that, I've never grown my Paphs semi-hydro. I think that in a hybrid it's more likely that the genetics just got a bit scrambled. It's still a very attractive flower.