Rudolf, you are so right! As there is no such a thing as leuco-almost-chilum (it's like pregnancy: either that pouch is all white on the outside or it isn't), both better be considered godefroyae - which, albeit, doesn't subtract a iota from their beauty!Both are lovely flowers no doubt but sorry to say this again....at least the left one is no leucochilum just P. godefroyae and by the right one it depends of it whether someone bends the rule or not. If you accept P. godefroyae f. leucochilum (KEW doesn't accept it) than it distinguishes by P. godefroyae only by its PURE white pouch.
They are both lovely!These are from Odom's Orchids. These clones have different parents. Both are first time bloomers. I am hoping the shape improves as they mature especially with the one on the right. It looks like it is wearing a hood.
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.........I suspect all the in and out breeding blurs the leuco vs godefroyae distinction
Very nice flowers, but both of them are godefroyae, not leucochilum! I have a leucochilum in bloom right now and there is no outside spotting to the pouch at all.These are from Odom's Orchids. These clones have different parents. Both are first time bloomers. I am hoping the shape improves as they mature especially with the one on the right. It looks like it is wearing a hood.
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Paph. leucochilum 'Butterfly Wings' x 'Yukochi 2013'
It has one little spec on the pouch. It grew outdoors in the New Orleans heat.
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Paph. leucochilum 'Butterfly Wings' x 'Yukochi 2013'
It has one little spec on the pouch. It grew outdoors in the New Orleans heat.
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