Paph. Yellow Tiger

[swamprad]

This guy opened yesterday. Love those stripes!

The tag says Paph. Yellow Tiger (stonei x praestans), but when I checked at the RHS, they state that this cross is glanduliferum x platyphyllum! This led to much googling and reading on the web, and finding out that glanduliferum is synonymous with praestans, while platyphyllum is the new name for stonei var. latifolium. Interesting and confusing at the same time.

 

[Gilda]

:clap:Beautiful ! I agree about the names..very confusing !

 

[paphioboy]

very nice, Mark.. How many flowers are there altogether on the spike.? We can never be 100% sure on which variety of the parents were used to make any cross, can we..?

 

[SlipperFan]

That is very nice. I agree also about confusing -- and I'm afraid that it will get worse before it gets better.

 

[Greenpaph]

Very nice!

:clap:

 

[JeanLux]

very, very nice flower, and interesting Pict.!!! Jean

 

[Heather]

Lovely cat you have there!

 

[SlipperKing]

Mark,
Does your tag say stonei var. latifolium? I thought Paph. Yellow Tiger (stonei x praestans or glanduliferum) was the original two species used when this cross was made. If this is not the case, then what is the name of (stonei x praestans/ glanduliferum)?

 

[goldenrose]

Whatever it may be .... it's NICE! :clap::clap::clap:

 

[toddybear]

Confused parentage but stunning flower!

 

[Elena]

Very nice

 

[Scott Ware]

If I recall correctly, at the time Norris Powell made this cross, he used Paph. stonei var. latifolium 'Ruth Kennedy' (Paph. platyphyllum).

It does lead one to wonder - if Paph. platyphyllum is truly recognized as a distinct species (and as far as I know, it is), and if Paph. (platyphyllum x glanduliferum) = Paph. Yellow Tiger, then wouldn't that open up Paph. (stonei x glanduliferum) to be registered with its own unique hybrid name?

Edit: After a bit more research and a browse through OrchidWiz, it appears that KEW has vacillated on the distinction of Paph. platyphyllum as a distinct species since recognizing it earlier. Maybe next week.