Old, beat-up Paph.delenatii with a twist

[tenman]

Ok, fourth try at getting the pic thing to work. Have no problems on other sites.

This is one of about a half-dozen which spiked for me this spring. It has been in bloom about two months and has out-lasted the rest.

The twist, like a lemon twist in a cocktail, is the fragrance. Still, as beat-up and old as it is, every time I get near the paphs, I am very pleasantly treated to a strong lemony fragrance courtesy of this flower.
It is one of about a hundred I originally got in a collection dispersal 5-6 years ago, all of which were from the same flasking and all of which were fragrant.

I will not remove this flower until the fragrance wanes, no matter how ratty it gets.

 

[JeanLux]

very interesting but I don't see the pic !!! Jean

 

[tenman]

Finally got the pic to work.

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[JeanLux]

pic is there !!! Are you sure those are straight delenatiis? pouch/petals!? Jean

 

[tenman]

Yup. Remember: it's two months old.

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[NYEric]

It's good you have kept some, are any being sold from this batch, any clonal name?

 

[SlipperKing]

This is the one of the strangest delenatii's I've ever seen. Down swept petals and a very narrow pouch. I agree it has a pure delenatii staminode for sure. If it is pure delenatii then this plant represents one of the extreme ends of what one would expect from a seed pod! It is unique that it has out lasted all the others, that's great! Thanks for the pic.

 

[swamprad]

Interesting that you describe a lemon scent. My delenatii is intensely fragrant, and smells exactly like a rose. I would have thought that the fragrance, if present, would be roughly the same, whatever the clone.

 

[tenman]

It's good you have kept some, are any being sold from this batch, any clonal name?

I have sold off quite a few, given away a number, and traded away a bunch as well; still have about 20 of them left.

No, no clonal name, they were just a flasking a guy did of his own plant.

 

[Mrs. Paph]

Amen to that! Sometimes they just smell that nice, so it's worth closing your eyes and taking a deep breath of the beautiful smell even if the flower is no longer beautiful to look at! The del's I've smelled smelled exactly like the sterotypical rose, but since roses have So many different scents, some like lemons too, and everyone's nose is different, it doesn't surprise me that you'd describe yours as a lemon scent. I had a friend take a whiff of mine once (Heavenly scented in My opinion), and she swore she couldn't smell a thing! Tragic! lol

 

[NYEric]

I have sold off quite a few, given away a number, and traded away a bunch as well; still have about 20 of them left.

No, no clonal name, they were just a flasking a guy did of his own plant.

I will PM.

 

[John M]

I've got two delenatiis that both bloomed this past spring. One smelled just like roses and the other smelled just like lemons! I liked 'em both!

 

[biothanasis]

So they come in two scents!!!? Rose or lemon please!!!??? hehe...

Very interesting shape on this flower indeed :clap:!!! I wish I could smell it...

 

[Kavanaru]

So they come in two scents!!!? Rose or lemon please!!!??? hehe...

from next spring on, they will also be available in Tangerine, Cinammon, Banana and Pineapple!! They were also planing a block-buster: Caramel scented capuccino!! but Starbucks claimed the patent... oke:


As already said, interesting shape onthis one

 

[biothanasis]

from next spring on, they will also be available in Tangerine, Cinammon, Banana and Pineapple!! They were also planing a block-buster: Caramel scented capuccino!! but Starbucks claimed the patent... oke:

:rollhappy::rollhappy::rollhappy:

 

[SlipperFan]

Now when it comes in chocolate-fragrance...

First bloom? Bet the second time it blooms, it will have a better shape, and the fragrance will still be there.

 

[cnycharles]

this is a sibling which I posted I think a few months back after tenman sent it to me to try and do an outcross with my plant. (he also sent me one to put in our orchid auction) it also as a first-bloom seedling had a fragrance of lemons. I think the cross did take, the pod is still on and looks 'alive', but not really fat...

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12084

 

[NYEric]

Oh, I'm interested!