Paph randsii (New World x CA Dream) First Flowering

[17andgrowing]

Awesome!

 

[Wendy]

Wayne that is amazing! You sure know how to grow them. :clap::drool::clap:

 

[Kawarthapine]

Ditto all of the above.

Thanks for the chronological photos.

 

[MaryPientka]

Wow!

 

[abax]

Seeing the growth progression is magic. I do miss the
washing machine though...or maybe the setting was a
dryer. Gorgeous plant and HUGE.

 

[Marco]

Wow! - That is amazing!

 

[Brandon Tam]

A picture of ours at The Huntington finally in full bloom after a little less than 2 months since the appearance of the spike.

 

[Paphman910]

A picture of ours at The Huntington finally in full bloom after a little less than 2 months since the appearance of the spike.

Wow, Brandon! A nice one!

 

[MaryPientka]

Beautiful!

 

[fibre]

What a wonderful compact looking clone!

 

[Cat]

Very nice. On my wishlist.

 

[Paphman910]

What a wonderful compact looking clone!

Totally agree but it has to do with culture.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Love the compactness. Has this been crossed with compact/teacup philippinese?

 

[Justin]

nice one brandon!

 

[Brandon Tam]

Love the compactness. Has this been crossed with compact/teacup philippinese?

The interesting thing is that Paph. randsii has not been used much in hybridizing. Could be in combination due to the lack of availability in cultivation or Paph. randsii's just being a bad parent when mixed with other species/hybrids. Current hybrids that were made in combination with Paph. randsii includes rothschildianum, chamberlainianum, philippinense, concolor, lawrenceanum, Lady Isabel, St. Swithin, acmodontumm, barbatum, glaucophyllum, haynaldianum, kolopakingii, and primulinum. Most of these crosses were made in 1999 to 2015 which may give hint that Paph. randsii may becoming more available, but to be fair, 7 out of the 13 registered crosses were made by Franz Glanz.

Looking through Orchids Plus, only the cross Paph. randsii x Paph. rothschildianum has been awarded. No other cross with randsii as one of the parents except for rothschildianum has been awarded. Pictures of a lot of these crosses cannot even be found.

So it really may possibly be both reasons; lack of availability and bad parent.

 

[tnyr5]

Paph randy booth 'toki' fcc/ajos (lady isabel x randsii) all credit to the original photographer

 

[SlipperFan]

WOW! Spectacular!

 

[tnyr5]

Someone should really remake that cross .

 

[Paphman910]

Wow! That is a beautiful hybrid! I saved the pollen for later use!

 

[Brandon Tam]

Paph randy booth 'toki' fcc/ajos (lady isabel x randsii) all credit to the original photographer

Wow! That is amazing! In that case, maybe because of its lack of availability, people have not yet had the opportunity to explore the potential of this parent.