Paph Orion

[Ross]

Paph Orion = Paph concolor X Paph insigne

 

[Greenpaph]

Nice!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Candace]

Cute, little thing.

 

[jblanford]

Very nice Ross, I like it a lot, thanks. Jim.

 

[labskaus]

I like it. Very nice, warm colours. Good picture, too.

Cheers, Carsten

 

[paphjoint]

Very very nice -

 

[SlipperKing]

Great yellow Ross. Do you have any plans for it?

 

[Ross]

Great yellow Ross. Do you have any plans for it?

Maybe. Paph Orion was registered in 1893. The flowers are larger than either parent.

 

[SlipperKing]

Ross I was in one of my day dreams when I saw your plant crossed with another Brachy (maybe one of Nick's) and you got this huge yellow Brachy out of the mating.

 

[Roy]

Ross, if anything was to be done with this plant, except sell it, in the breeding line, I would make use of the spotting and consider using sukhakulii or tonsum with it.

 

[goldenrose]

Ross, if anything was to be done with this plant, except sell it, in the breeding line, I would make use of the spotting and consider using sukhakulii or tonsum with it.

Why those choices? What would you expect sukh or tonsum to do? I like the spots but what happens shape wise? I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw the parents of this cross, the first picture is kinda cute, I would favor a brachy as well.

 

[Hakone]

very nice , thanks

 

[Brabantia]

A very nice primary hybrid, I like it.

 

[Mrs. Paph]

I wasn't sure what to expect either when I read the parents, but I ended up laughing at the first one (a 'so ugly it's cute' sort of flower, IMO) - the second one is quite nice though, a much nicer combination of shape, color, and patterns between the two spp.

 

[SlipperFan]

Great flower. I like the color, shape and markings. I guess that's the whole thing!

 

[Roy]

Why those choices? What would you expect sukh or tonsum to do? I like the spots but what happens shape wise? I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw the parents of this cross, the first picture is kinda cute, I would favor a brachy as well.

My opinion, to put another Brachy on is very hit or miss. You are still dealing with 2 entirely different flower forms as was the original cross. This flower has NO shape at all. I would use the suk' keep the spots and flatten the petals, as they are quilling now and improve the dorsal. To use tonsum, you would keep much of the spotting, keep the clean coloring and you would be using a flower not the far removed in shape wise. It would also increase flower size and spike length. I believe using these 2 parents would give more to improving the flower than have another Brachy fighting with it, shape wise.

 

[goldenrose]

Thanks for the input Roy!

 

[biothanasis]

Very nice!!!! Is it the progression of the same flower on the pics???

 

[swamprad]

Wow, Ross, I really like this guy!

I have been repotting many of my paphs this week, and marvelling over the fine roots on the plants I got from you. Your culture is obviously outstanding, thanks again for all the great plants!

 

[Ross]

Very nice!!!! Is it the progression of the same flower on the pics???

Astute observation. They are actually two different flowers on the same plant, just in different stages: one fully opened and the other just opening.