Paph Dolgoldi

[emydura]

When I saw my first Dollgoldi in person it was love at first sight. John Robertson bought a nice flowering plant to Sydney one year. Gigantic golden yellow flowers on a towering spike. I had seen nothing like it before. I couldn't keep my eyes off it. I had to have one. It took me a while to find a Dollgoldi (they are hard to get here) and then a couple of years to flower it. It is not as nice as John's plant or John M's for that matter. The yellow is not a deep colour. But the flowers have nice shape and they are on a nice tall spike and are well spaced. I'm pretty happy overall. I shouldn't have to wait too long for the next flowering either.

For the Australian members, the roth parent used is "Queenslander" FCC/AOC. So this is from local breeding using the only Australian FCC awarded roth.


Paph Dollgoldi (rothschildianum 'Queenslander' FCC/AOC x armenicaum)

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Lovely. Definitely a great hybrid, I totally get the desire to own one. Armeni and roth are some of the best of the genus.

 

[Secundino]

Just great!

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

Great looking plant. It's one of my favorit paphs. Last year I bought 10 or 12 n.b.s. of them from two crosses. Let's see how long it takes me to flower one. I'm betting at least 4 years or so.

 

[SlipperKing]

Damn! David that is outrageous! I've been trying for a number of years now with no such luck! I have a single fan plant about the size of yours, obviously I'm going to have to wait longer for it be multigrowth Not to mention all the others that love to do the boom and bust thing!

Just fantastic

 

[Justin]

nice!

I have a 4" LS seedling lol. wish me good luck to see a bloom in 15 years...

 

[Ozpaph]

That is truly majestic.

 

[papheteer]

wow! that's nice! look like big flowers too!

 

[Roy]

Job well done David. Excellent.

 

[SlipperFan]

Gorgeous plant and photos, David.

 

[cattmad]

just beautiful

 

[emydura]

Great looking plant. It's one of my favorit paphs. Last year I bought 10 or 12 n.b.s. of them from two crosses. Let's see how long it takes me to flower one. I'm betting at least 4 years or so.

Look forward to seeing those in flower. Four years sounds about right. With thay many, you should regularly have at least one in flower.

I recently bought a single growth division of another Dollgoldi. It still looks a fair way away from flowering size. I could be looking at least four years away from flowering it.

Damn! David that is outrageous! I've been trying for a number of years now with no such luck! I have a single fan plant about the size of yours, obviously I'm going to have to wait longer for it be multigrowth Not to mention all the others that love to do the boom and bust thing!

Just fantastic

Rick I bought this as a division in April 2010. It had 3 medium size growths (one larger than the other two), a small new start and a tiny new lead. None of the growths had flowered. It has been pretty slow going. Almost 3 years to get it to flower from a good size clump. Growth has been quite slow but steady. The two smaller growths have barely moved. The current growth in flower has just put out a new lead and it seems to be growing a little faster. I expect the two larger growths will be mature after this growing season and hence I won't have to wait too long to see those flower. But it maybe a bit of a wait after that as there will be a whole series of smaller growths. I think this hybrid resents being divided a bit and takes a while to re-establish. So hopefully it will start to pick up now.

 

[emydura]

Can a moderator correct my spelling of Dollgoldi in the heading?

 

[NYEric]

Very nice, good proportions and balance. Also the color and pattern are not bad.

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Love the flowers and the big mottled leaves.

 

[paphioboy]

Fantastic!!!

 

[JeanLux]

Very, very beautiful David !!!!

John ,what's about yours?

Jean

 

[gnathaniel]

Strikingly beautiful! I love armeniacum and its hybrids.

 

[abax]

The color and pattern are soooo striking. I think I might want one.

 

[Brabantia]

It is perfect! I like it .