Paph Armeni White x emersonii 2009

[Berrak]

First time 2 flowers

 

[P-chan]

Soft, sweet, lovely...

 

[Candace]

Cute.

 

[SlipperFan]

Delenatii sure comes through.

 

[JeanLux]

very nice large blooms on this fine plant!!! Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Lovely!!!

 

[goldenrose]

:clap: I think the spotted pouch is wonderful! :clap:

 

[Paul]

really nice cross!!

 

[Kevin]

Nice! Just wondering, though - why does it have a pink pouch? Isn't Armeni-White nearly pure white? emersonii has a yellowish pouch. How does white and yellow = pink?

 

[NYEric]

Um, maybe the delenatii in the Armeni White!?
Nice blooms, thanx for sharing.

 

[Kevin]

Okay, but why does it show up in this cross, and not in Armeni-White? Does this happen in all Armeni-White crosses?

 

[SlipperKing]

Good question Kevin, anyone have the answer? Nice bloom Berrak. Love that spotted pouch!

 

[Kevin]

Thanks. I was hoping it wouldn't be a dumb question. I'm actually wondering if the tag is right.

 

[NYEric]

You should ask one of the people here who actually 'passed' genetics!
Actually the plant looks just like I imagined the cross would.

 

[PaphMadMan]

Okay, but why does it show up in this cross, and not in Armeni-White? Does this happen in all Armeni-White crosses?

Something in the combination of delenatii and armeniacum supresses color, but that doesn't mean those genes are gone. Mixing things up with another species in the next generation I would expect to see a variety of colors depending on the influence of that species - pink, yellow, white or whatever the species brings to the party.