Paph. Maudiae 'Los Osos' AM/AOS

[Gcroz]

This is a division of the original awarded plant (according to the seller). This is the first flowering since the division, so I'm expecting better form next time. The colors are lovely, better in person. These pictures wer taken by my cell phone, so not the best quality.

 

[tim]

that's about as good as that clone gets...it's interesting and a testament to the personality of Norris Powell that it has an AM...

 

[Gcroz]

Interesting. I love it, but it clearly has some flaws. Anyone know how many points for the AM? My money is on 80, but I'm probably wrong.

 

[John M]

that's about as good as that clone gets...it's interesting and a testament to the personality of Norris Powell that it has an AM...

I think there's room for improvement. It does get better. For one thing, your plant is not a big piece. When it's long established and 6 or 8 growths, the size and form will improve markedly. I've seen this clone grown to spectacular results. Here's a link to SlipperKing's photos. http://http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11328&highlight=Osos Notice the vast improvement in the form on the newer flowers as compared to the older one. As time passed after the first flower opened, growing conditions changed and the next 2 flowers were far more impressive, form-wise. The dorsal especially is much nicer. Maudiae is one plant where culture has a LOT to do with the quality of the blooms. Just don't divide it down to only 2 or 3 growths. You need a specimen plant to get those knockout flowers.

 

[Shiva]

Nice!

 

[gonewild]

I remember seeing this at Powell's when it was new and it was a stunning flower for the time and well worthy of the award back then.

 

[SlipperFan]

My question is, how much of the good form is genetic and how much cultural? I'm asking because I know of a Paph that got awarded when it had a beautiful round flat dorsal, but subsequent bloomings only produced curved dorsals. Very perplexing, and I'm wondering whether that's happening here.

 

[SlipperKing]

It looks like the real McCoy. All that John said is true about this clone. Originally it was awarded a HCC of 79pts in Oct of 1971 the location Oklahoma. Then in March 1985 it received its current AM of 85pts location unknown. So the answer to your AM score is "no" it was a very good AM.
Back to its current appearance, I've had my div since 93 and yes it has looked at times like yours. It grows like a weed and hard to kill.

Dot,
With this clone, it's all about culture conditions, such as, time of the year, root system, what you feed it etc. Each flower can last more then 3 months as you can see in the thread John eluded to.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Possibly the best Maudiae seedling I have ever bloomed (not counting divisions like "The Queen" and Magnificum) was a cross of Los Osos x Ebony Queen. It was a coloratum, and basically looked just like the photos I've seen of Los Osos...but it was large, and the shape was always fine. Had it for many years, but, as goes with these things, it is long deceased.....

 

[SlipperFan]

Dot,
With this clone, it's all about culture conditions, such as, time of the year, root system, what you feed it etc. Each flower can last more then 3 months as you can see in the thread John eluded to.

Exactly!

 

[smartie2000]

Its a parent of one of my paphs, my first one actaully. And it won't die, no matter what it recovers from mal-treatment

 

[slippertalker]

This is certainly 'Los Osos' and is still one of the best coloratum Maudiaes available. It is in the background of a lot of hybrid crosses and contributes size, vigor and color to the progeny. Flowering with all plants is a reflection of climate, quality of care and serendipity. That being said Maudiae often has a twisted dorsal due to the Paph callosum parent, and this shows up in a lot of the hybrids of Maudiae. That is been bred out of many of the modern hybrids due to the use of plants like Paph Red Glory, Grandmaster, etc that incorporate Paph mastersianum into the mix, giving a lovely sheen, long spikes and beautiful round dorsal with size.

 

[W. Beetus]

It definitely should improve as the plant grows. My 'The Queen' blooms have gotten better as the plant has gotten more established.