Paphiopedilum gatrixianum

[Hakone]

 

[likespaphs]

it's nice.
i don't mean to be rude but are you sure that's a gratrixianum and not a hybrid? i am not too familiar with this species but the dorsal seems a little big for me.

 

[Hakone]

Hallo likespaphs,
yes, it is a hybrid

 

[nikv]

It is quite lovely and I can definitely see the gratrixianum influence. :clap:

 

[Rick]

What is the other parent?

It looks like a gratrixianum that everybody would try to breed up to with very wide petal elements.

 

[Roly0217]

That's a very lovely bloom. I really like those colors together. Congrats !!!

 

[jblanford]

That is one good looking flower, is it in an exhibit at a show. Jim.

 

[goldenrose]

First rate!

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice hybrid. What's the other parent?

 

[toddybear]

I was going to say it must be a hybrid as the dorsal is twice as wide as my currently blooming gratrixianum.

 

[Rick]

I was going to say it must be a hybrid as the dorsal is twice as wide as my currently blooming gratrixianum.

The staminode has a couple of "teeth" on it too.

I was also considering a polyploid.

However, given the example of the OZ besseaes, with huge wide round petals, in what seems like a single generation jump, is this "wide load" gratrixianum that incredulous?oke::evil:

This is interesting. Maybe it's a computer generated picture??