Paph. roth (‘Black Bird’ x ‘Mont Millais’ FCC/AOS FCC/RHS)

[Duck Slipper]

Tornado today and 50-60 mph straight line winds. Came home today with no damage and decided to try to take some pics. This Roth has 4 flowers on a first bloom. 4th is a little cramped, still opening though.
NS. 23 cm.
Dorsal 5.5

 

[NEslipper]

4 on a first bloom is great, and the first three present beautifully! Love the pouch color, that red really pops!

 

[NEslipper]

This is my favorite of the 4 you just posted!

 

[emydura]

Nice. Second best for me.

 

[Justin]

Same here but I think it is on par with the Raptor cross. I love the clear, dark stripes on the dorsal and saturated pouch.

 

[Ozpaph]

4 flowers would make me flower it again

 

[Tony]

This is my favorite of the four.

 

[Duck Slipper]

4 flowers would make me flower it again

Agreed!

Same here but I think it is on par with the Raptor cross. I love the clear, dark stripes on the dorsal and saturated pouch.

Nice. Second best for me.

This is my favorite of the four.

So...if I'm wanting to play around with pollinating, and trying to get a flask or two to grow out would you pick the ('Black Bird' x 'Mont Millais') x ('World Cup' x 'Raptor')??

 

[Tony]

So...if I'm wanting to play around with pollinating, and trying to get a flask or two to grow out would you pick the ('Black Bird' x 'Mont Millais') x ('World Cup' x 'Raptor')??

That would be my choice out of the four you posted.

 

[Martin]

Would be also my choice. All plants are beautiful grown!

 

[GuRu]

This is my favorite of the four.

This is my favourite too ... because of the colouration, the flower stance and shape .....

 

[Justin]

Yup.

 

[Duck Slipper]

This is my favourite too ... because of the colouration, the flower stance and shape .....

Thanks GuRu!
How do you look up the parents of a certain plant like ‘World Cup’ ‘Raptor’ or ‘Tarantula’???

 

[Tony]

Thanks GuRu!
How do you look up the parents of a certain plant like ‘World Cup’ ‘Raptor’ or ‘Tarantula’???

Those are all Japanese awards, so it's difficult to find them as an English speaker. I'm sure JOGA has an online database like OrchidPro but I couldn't begin to navigate it.

 

[My Green Pets]

Gorgeous roth.
Cross them all, donate the seed, make these available to everyone.

 

[Theodoreorchidking]

That red color of the pouch is just to die for!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just bloomed a roth that has a really dark pouch and I love it, however if I had that red I think it may be the perfect roth in my opinion. Mind you I have only bloomed out 2 of them and I'm not an expert on what they are supposed to look like. I really wish they could breed out the natural white in the pouch and have a solid color.

 

[Duck Slipper]

Gorgeous roth.
Cross them all, donate the seed, make these available to everyone.

Well, I did the Mont Millais X Raptor cross...I hope they worked.

 

[Ozpaph]

you have MM and Raptor?

 

[Duck Slipper]

you have MM and Raptor?

Sorry, I guess that was a bit misleading.
I posted pics of Black Bird x Mount Millais and another cross Raptor was in.
My Green Pets posted cross them all and make them available to everyone. So, I cross pollinated and was going to send the pods to Troy Meyers Conservatory…If successful.

 

[Tony]

I hope you have better luck with Troy than I did, over the course of three years he didn't produce a single viable flask for me.