Paphiopedilum x lushuiense

[Guldal]

Paph. x lushuiense (Liu & Chen, 2009) is the naturally occuring hybrid between P. villosum and P. spicerianum:


And a bit closer:


Plant in toto:

Compared to its parents it's a relative large flower: NS: 10 cm, DS: 7 cm, DH: 6 cm, PL: 7cm, PW: 3 cm, H: 12 cm.

 

[P.K.Hansen]

A hybrid? You?
It's a nice flower.

 

[Paphluvr]

Very nice, an excellent mix of the two.

 

[Guldal]

A hybrid? You?

It's a naturally occurring hybrid...thus not quite another step down the slippery slope to The Dark Side!

 

[troy]

A very nice hybrid!!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Looks exactly like the parents! Half half! That’s what it easy about paphs. They always show both qualities of parents and it’s obvious. Nice bloom!

 

[blondie]

Very nice bloom great flower

 

[Ozpaph]

that's quite attractive

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

[Guldal]

Oh, I forgot to mention that I got the plant this year in Dresden from mrs. Wenqing Perner of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

I hope to see her at the Taiwan WOC!!

 

[Guldal]

The plant and flower earned itself a Silver Medal at the Christmas gathering of my orchid society....the flower grew a bit since I first posted here, so now NS 11 cm.

In the honour of mrs. Wenqing Perner of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology from whom I bought the plant (and a few more) in Dresden - and in gratitude for her help in picking out P. victoria-regina 'Jean aus Lëtzebuerg', BM/DOK and SOS, 2019, in the Ten Shin Gardens' exhibition, I've named the clone: P. x lushuiense 'Hengduan Beauty'.

 

[Phaladdict]

A beauty indeed!!

 

[JeanLux]

yes

 

[JeanLux]

Jens, the photos are quite ok btw … and the flower is a beauty too

Jean