Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum album(ish)

[Daniel Herrera]

It is in flower right now and normal form in spike. you can see pigmentation in the floral bract, stem and ovary.


Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum album(ish) by Juan Cerda, on Flickr


Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum album(ish) by Juan Cerda, on Flickr

 

[fibre]

Quite interesting color form. Where did you find it?

 

[SlipperFan]

Pretty. I didn't know album was not only in the flower.

 

[Mark Karayannis]

Interesting flower. Thanks for sharing

 

[Ozpaph]

How do you distinguish this from barbigerum var aureum?

 

[Daniel Herrera]

How do you distinguish this from barbigerum var aureum?

Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum is characterized by a heavily spotted bract. This vejvarutianum is not a full albino, so the spotting in the bract makes it distinguishable from barbigerum aureum. Also, I believe the plant came from a regular vejvarutianum.

 

[PaphMadMan]

Pretty. I didn't know album was not only in the flower.

There's album, and then there's album. A true albino has no red/brown pigment anywhere in the plant. It can't produce it. But a taxonomist could apply forma album to just about anything and as long as the flower was mostly without red/brown pigment the name would probably stick.

A lovely albescent form (albescens if a taxonomist was applying the term formally) like this is much more complex genetically, controlling pigment distribution rather than presence/absence. It opens up the possibility for crosses showing a full range of pigment intensity.

Very nice. It would be interesting to see if seedlings from a selfing are uniform or show a range of coloration.

 

[blondie]

Very nice flower lovley clean colour congrats.

 

[Ozpaph]

Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum is characterized by a heavily spotted bract. This vejvarutianum is not a full albino, so the spotting in the bract makes it distinguishable from barbigerum aureum. Also, I believe the plant came from a regular vejvarutianum.

thank you

 

[Guldal]

Love the colour and form! Is it actually so yellowish (flavum/aureum) in real life....or is that due to the photo?!

 

[Daniel Herrera]

Love the colour and form! Is it actually so yellowish (flavum/aureum) in real life....or is that due to the photo?!

that's the actual color

 

[tenman]

Where did it come from and are there more?

 

[Daniel Herrera]

Where did it come from and are there more?

I got it from Andy's orchids. I am not sure if he still has some, but you can contact him and ask.

 

[NYEric]

Good acquisition! 'albescent' Thanks for sharing. Oh Andy....

 

[ksriramkumar]

Good one.