Paphiopedilum Dusty Miller ‘Downlands’ HCC/AOS

[Phred]

This is an older cross... registered 1959 and awarded 1978. I’ve had difficulty with this cross but now have 3 out of 4 pieces in bud/bloom.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Taught you patience!! And dedication too.

 

[monocotman]

Lovely but the curse of autocorrect has hit!
shouldn’t the cultivar name be downlands?
I don’t think that download was even a word in 1978,
David

 

[Ozpaph]

LOL!
Nice, classic.

 

[Phred]

Lovely but the curse of autocorrect has hit!
shouldn’t the cultivar name be downlands?
I don’t think that download was even a word in 1978,
David

Lol... monocotman
That was not autocorrect. It took effort to reproduce that misspelled name tag for the last four years or so.

 

[masaccio]

I can't see the photo.

 

[Happypaphy7]

I don't see it, either.

 

[Don I]

I've spent hours looking through books over and over and drooling over this flower, Miller's Daughter and others like them. Thanks for posting it.
Don

 

[masaccio]

That was worth waiting for.

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Every time I see classics I think of Dr. Will E. Wilson. PaphEyeoPeDoolum! Conrgrats. Thanks for sharing this beauty!

 

[fibre]

This flower looks more like a Rosy Dawn to me. But maybe it is a week plant. I would expect a flower with better shape of an awarded Dusty Miller.

 

[monocotman]

Marriotts have another photo of this clone. It looks very similar to this one,
David

 

[Phred]

Marriotts have another photo of this clone. It looks very similar to this one,
David

This is from Marriott...

 

[Justin]

It looks to me like the same flower as the one pictured on the Marriott site.

Nice classic Paph!