myxodex
Well-Known Member
If it is a natural hybrid from Vietnam I would go for hiepii X purpuratum as their ranges come close in the north, ... they just bloom at completely different times of the year.
If it is a natural hybrid from Vietnam I would go for hiepii X purpuratum as their ranges come close in the north, ... they just bloom at completely different times of the year.
i dunno its just so small looking, could it be a deformed (hiepii x purpuratum) or something?
The only flower similar to this(but still very different and size still too big) is
P. malipoense var. angustatum.
I am convinced that both hiepii and angustatum are aberrant forms of jackii/malipoense, and as far as I know Averyanov thinks the same about hiepii by now. I won't comment on the work of the people who published angustatum and a lot of other Paphiopedilum names. Just that much:
That plant which is the subject of this post looks a lot like hiepii and therefore looks a lot like the aberrant, deformed flower of a badly treated, weak and highly stressed plant. You're pointing out that the plant size is small, maybe it is simply too young to carry a normal flower?
I still find it unlikely that a natural hybrid should exist between a Parvisepalum and a species from a different section. There's Barbata (purpuratum?) influence in this flower, so who got his toothpick out to fool the Paph community (and earn a few bucks) with this new species?:evil: Remember Paph jogjae.
Thanks for your replies, Valenzino. No offense intended towards you. Let's sit back, and wait what comes out of this.
If its a species....with what you will cross it?
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