Some of my recent blooms...

shakkai · Dec 19, 2008

I've been enjoying a number of blooms the last couple of months. Most of them are first time blooms on seedlings.

This first one, however, was bought in bloom at the local society's show. It was labelled as Paph. primulinum, but it had a very different form to the other primulinums they had for sale. This one had a much rounder dorsal and wider petals. I guess its probably Pinocchio or Avalon Mist...

My Paph. Envy Green opened two consecutive flowers on a first time bloom plant. This photo shows it as it was opening. It did get quite a bit flatter than this.

Paph. Maude Read, first time flowering:

Paph. Hsinying Alien, first of two flowers. The second flower - still open now, is quite a lot paler than the first one.

Paph. Venus Legend, first time flowering seedling:

Opening shortly will be Shun-Fa Golden and jackii, followed by a few more that have just starting to spike.

Tomorrow, its off Ratcliffe's Open Day to pick up a few more new additions. :rollhappy: Yippee!!

SlipperKing · Dec 19, 2008

Fantastic flowers! I have only one issue, the Maud Read, what is the parents? If appletonianum is in it's history then OK. This flower shows strong influence of appletonianum. I thought Maud Read was straight Maudiae breeding w/o minor species input. I could be wrong

shakkai · Dec 19, 2008

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the comment about Maud Read. Paph. appletonianum isn't in the makeup. Maud Read is: 50% callosum, 37.5% lawrenceanum, 12.5% mastersianum.

It could very well be that the plant is wrongly labelled, as I purchased it mail order from Europe. (My surname is Read, so I wanted to have one, even though I don't have any relatives named Maud!)

I guess opinions on what it could be, then, would be welcom!

biothanasis · Dec 19, 2008

Those flowers are wonderful!!! WEll done...

emydura · Dec 19, 2008

They are all very nice particularly the Venus legend.

I agree with Rick on the Maud Read. It is hard to believe a hybrid containing 50% callosum, 37.5% lawrenceanum, 12.5% mastersianum would turn out like that. Seems to have an appletonianum influence as Rick states.

David

NYEric · Dec 19, 2008

Ratcliffe's Open House!?!?

Say 'Hi!' to the Phillips for us and let me know if they have any EYOF phrags on sale please.

shakkai · Dec 19, 2008

I definitely will, Eric. My Plemont (EY9395) is in spike now!

shakkai · Dec 19, 2008

Very true. I can see appletonianum in the shape of petals. But the only appletonianum hybrid I'm familiar with is Apple-Master... so I'm at a loss as to what it might be.

SlipperKing · Dec 19, 2008

Something new, maybe?

shakkai · Dec 19, 2008

I found a later photo of the Envy Green. This one was taken nearly a month later...

nikv · Dec 19, 2008

^ ^
Very nice! I've always wanted to add an Envy Green to my collection.

SlipperFan · Dec 19, 2008

All are nice, but I especially like the first one. It could be Avalon Mist, but the photos I've seen of that don't have a white pouch.

Whatever it is, if you don't want it, I do...

Eric Muehlbauer · Dec 19, 2008

I had heard that Avalon Mist can be distinguished from primulinum by the whitish pouch......otherwise, they are very similar....Eric

JeanLux · Dec 19, 2008

great picts., I esp. like this last one!!! Jean

shakkai · Dec 20, 2008

Jean, I loved my Envy Green as well. Until, that is, I went to the BOC show in Devon and saw these....

Alois Handlbauer:

Karl Ploberger:

Now I just have Paph Envy and I can't wait until my Shun-Fa Golden opens! I need more hangianum hybrids! (Getting Wössner China Moon today

and need to see what others I can find. Would like to add Wössner Favourite, Choi-Yi Yuki, and Palace Harmonie perhaps.)

JeanLux · Dec 20, 2008

IMO our problem is, that a lot of those primaries : Envy = malipo x primul., Ploberger = bellat. x hangianum, as well as the complexer ones: Handlbauer = xFanaticum (= malipo x micr.) x hangianum, are so pretty, and sometime carry lots of the highlights of their parents, meaning that they are wonderful blooms, and our budgets and space do not allow for all of them

!!! Jean

Elena · Dec 20, 2008

Envy Green looks fantastic and I really like primulinum (or whatever else it might be). That pearly pouch is very nice!

Speaking of envy green, Ratcliffe open house, wish I was there :sob:

shakkai · Dec 20, 2008

Couldn't agree more!! But what a problem to have! :wink: They are all very exciting flowers, just irrestistable!

shakkai · Dec 20, 2008

I said hello from all you... The Phillips said to wish everyone the very best for 2009!

Going to post my list of new additions in a separate thread....

goldenrose · Dec 20, 2008

:clap:I like 1, 2 & 5!
If a prim flavum was used, could that account fot the light pouch?

Some of my recent blooms...

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