Paph.barbigerum album

[tenman]

Got a half-dozen or so of these from Ross a few years back, and now that they've bloomed, I like this one best. Smallest flower, but beefy.

 

[Stone]

wow!

 

[emydura]

That is very chunky.

 

[Ozpaph]

That looks like a hybrid unless it some polyploid monster. Ive never seen a barbigerum like that. IMHO
Lets see if the others flower similarly.

 

[tenman]

That looks like a hybrid unless it some polyploid monster. Ive never seen a barbigerum like that. IMHO
Lets see if the others flower similarly.

No, doesn't look like a hybrid, just nice and full. Here are three others with it:

 

[Paul]

Hi,

Top left is the best to me, I hope to have one like that!! :clap:

 

[NYEric]

Nice, and thanks for showing the comparisons. Can I get that in the next spacemaking sale!?

 

[tomkalina]

Hi Tennis,

We also bought a few of these a couple of years ago, but none have bloomed so far. Any growing tips?

 

[John M]

LOVE these! I want some so-oooo bad! Thanks for posting the sib comparison photo.

 

[Migrant13]

Pretty interesting diversity between those flowers.

 

[tenman]

Hi Tennis,

We also bought a few of these a couple of years ago, but none have bloomed so far. Any growing tips?

Anything that does well for me is tough and likes abuse. They sit beside my other paphs and get intermediate temps, almost cattleya light, and watered too seldom.

 

[fibre]

Wow! Would love to see it in full bloom soon!

 

[Ozpaph]

1,3 and 4 look much more 'species'. If 2 is from the same flask its a whopper of a flower. It would be worth checking the ploidy, I think.

Thank-you very much for showing the others.

 

[Camellkc]

It is divine!

 

[abax]

What a nice, fat flower! I don't usually like green flowers, but this one is
an exception. Chunky monkey!

 

[SlipperKing]

Is it fully open? Interesting how the dorsal doesn't show the reflection

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice. Have it judged.

 

[tenman]

There'd be no point in having it judged in Cincy; I still recall the judge who walked by our exhibit, looking for plants to pull for judging, and called my then-very-rare but properly labeled species Paph.curtisii album, "oh, that's a nice Maudiae"............

 

[SlipperFan]

There'd be no point in having it judged in Cincy; I still recall the judge who walked by our exhibit, looking for plants to pull for judging, and called my then-very-rare but properly labeled species Paph.curtisii album, "oh, that's a nice Maudiae"............

We have some knowledgable Paph judges at GLJC -- send it up here...

 

[NYEric]

There'd be no point in having it judged in Cincy; I still recall the judge who walked by our exhibit, looking for plants to pull for judging, and called my then-very-rare but properly labeled species Paph.curtisii album, "oh, that's a nice Maudiae"............

Hmmmm, that's too bad.