Paph rothschildianium 'Victory Trump 2024'

[Royal Rea]

A young roth opened its first flower for the first time on Tuesday 5th of November. It shows promise, 2nd flower is just opening, the plant is still young awith weak roots, but shows some promise, I think it is worth another flower. Taiwanese breed unknown parents. DS 24cm DS 5.1 cm.

Enjoy your Sunday.

 

[Justin]

Burn it.

 

[ronan]

Burn it again.

 

[kc6847]

Better yet, ship it off to Springfield to be used as a garnish

 

[tnyr5]

I think we can all appreciate a nice flower whether or not we agree with the politics behind the name, seeing as how it is not our plant to name in the first place. It's very nice RR, but if the roots are weak, you might want to cut the spike and enjoy them in a vase. They'll last at least a week.

 

[Royal Rea]

Funny, being Australian I don't care much for the politics. Yes your right, I am cutting the flower off today.

 

[jtrmd]

But its not Orange

 

[Tom-DE]

Well, Royal Rea, you really should have not stirred the pot or played the fire here...there is a political subforum for those who....

 

[Tom-DE]

BTW, the flower has good markings...

 

[Ray]

OK, boys and girls. Play nice.

Just because the OP chose a cultivar name some feel is in poor taste, and which may change your opinion of the grower's intelligence level, it is still a valid option, so let it go.

 

[big923cattleya]

Agreed.
But for my way of thinking any Roth needs to be treasured, unless of course, it flowers all crazy, twisted and stuff. But I still use the 3 flowerings rule. If, as a mature plant, flowers poorly on it's third blooming, that is when I would consider moving on from that plant. To have those comments here in such a wonderful forum seem out of line to me. Yes, I know everyone is entitled to an opinion but as my Grandma used to say, "if you can't say something nice, do not say anything at all."