Yellow complex (Hellas x Amber Chrome)

[Leo Schordje]

First bloom for me, though it is an older plant. Paph (Hellas 'Westonbirt' FCC/RHS x Amber Chrome)

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes pictures lie.
It really looks award quality here:

The side view shows what the problem is, the flower is cupped, which really shrinks the natural spread of the flower.

The ruler also tells the rest of the tale, barely 9.0 cm natural spread, a very pleasing flower, but a bit small for this type of complex breeding. It might improve on the next blooming. I give it one more chance.

 

[raymond]

nice flower

 

[JeanLux]

your first pic really showed a cool bloom!!! Why add the 2nd one ! Sure , give it a chance!!! Jean

 

[Bolero]

That is a high quality flower.

 

[labskaus]

I love paphs in these colours! In my eyes, the cuppiness is still in the acceptable range. And yes, it is slightly undersized with this diameter. Lovely thing to have in the collection, still.
You know who made the cross? Worth registering?

 

[tenman]

Oh, the soft colors are wonderful!

Many of the older bulldogs are quite cupped. It is the norm for them. Species in the background contributed that. Look at pics of Amanda 'Joyance', King of Sweden, all of that group. It's not always obvious from a front pic. I am guessing this one will bloom out the same next time. Not a problem in my book.

 

[etex]

Lovely blooms!! The colors are quite nice!!

 

[Leo Schordje]

Thanks Tenman, the more I look at it the more I like it. I do prefer the flatter flower & rounder form myself. I think I'll probly settle on this as a 'keeper'.

Carsten, I do not know who made the cross, Amber Chrome was registered around 1976, so it likely is a more recent cross. I will try to find out who made the cross, I won't try to register the cross myself.

 

[smartie2000]

lovely bloom!

I agree with how photos can lie, especially depends on the lighting and if flash is used.

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice flower, cupped or not!

 

[biothanasis]

Nice!

 

[jblanford]

WOW!! I think that looks great Leo, thanks... Jim.