Scott Ware
Well-Known Member
This is another photo Dick Hanson sent me this morning along with the Paph. niveum var. ang thong ‘Maybrook’, AM/AOS photo shown in another thread.
As I mentioned in the other thread, Dick grows his brachypetalums in a specially constructed “case” in his greenhouse with interior lateral air flow from small muffin fans and auxiliary overhead fluorescent lighting. The old shop light fluorescents were changed out last Winter and replaced with T-5 fluorescents at 6500K. The results this year have been amazing with all his brachys producing multiple flowers with beautiful form and color.
In terms of form and color, I think this cultivar holds up well against some of the line-bred superstars we’ve seen presented in recent years. It blooms every year as a TRUE "leucochilum" with virtually no color on the pouch. At only 8.2cm natural spread, it does fall short of its contemporary relatives, however.
This is another plant that belonged to G.A. (Bert) Wright. Paph. godefroyae var. leucochilum ‘Maybrook’, AM/AOS was in Bert Wright’s collection for many years before he presented it for judging in 1980 and received the 82pt AM/AOS.
I thought it was interesting to find an entry in Bert’s old paph stud book for November 14, 1971:
#665 – (godefroyae ‘Leucochilum’ [sic] x F.C. Puddle)
Bert later registered this hybrid to be named for his son-in-law, Skip Bartlett. So the possibility exists that this cultivar was used as the seed parent to create the original grex of Paph. Skip Bartlett.
As I mentioned in the other thread, Dick grows his brachypetalums in a specially constructed “case” in his greenhouse with interior lateral air flow from small muffin fans and auxiliary overhead fluorescent lighting. The old shop light fluorescents were changed out last Winter and replaced with T-5 fluorescents at 6500K. The results this year have been amazing with all his brachys producing multiple flowers with beautiful form and color.
In terms of form and color, I think this cultivar holds up well against some of the line-bred superstars we’ve seen presented in recent years. It blooms every year as a TRUE "leucochilum" with virtually no color on the pouch. At only 8.2cm natural spread, it does fall short of its contemporary relatives, however.
This is another plant that belonged to G.A. (Bert) Wright. Paph. godefroyae var. leucochilum ‘Maybrook’, AM/AOS was in Bert Wright’s collection for many years before he presented it for judging in 1980 and received the 82pt AM/AOS.
I thought it was interesting to find an entry in Bert’s old paph stud book for November 14, 1971:
#665 – (godefroyae ‘Leucochilum’ [sic] x F.C. Puddle)
Bert later registered this hybrid to be named for his son-in-law, Skip Bartlett. So the possibility exists that this cultivar was used as the seed parent to create the original grex of Paph. Skip Bartlett.
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