Paph rothschildianum 'Black Diamond' x ' Tarantula' GM/JGP

[emydura]

First flowering seedling. I am pretty happy with this one. Great colour, balance and shape. The only thing is it is a bit small (23.5 cm NS and DS 5.1 cm). But I was away for two months while the flowers were developing, and the buds were just about to open when I got back. The plant was bone dry when I made it home, so I am not sure the buds were developing in optimal conditions while I was away. So hopefully should get bigger in future. The plant is a great grower too which is always a bonus.

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely presentation and colour.
Keeper!

 

[emydura]

lovely presentation and colour.
Keeper!

A keeper for sure.

 

[kiwi]

A keeper for sure.

Love the colour and presentation.

 

[Morja]

Wow, I'm not usually a huge roth person but this one is NICE. Especially for a first bloom in suboptimal conditions?!

 

[Royal Rea]

Shows a lot of promise.

 

[Justin]

Definite keeper!

 

[Murray F]

Definite keeper great colour

 

[hkunberger]

Ooooo!! That is gorgeous! The color is fantastic!

 

[GuRu]

First flowering seedling.......The plant was bone dry when I made it home, .......So hopefully should get bigger in future. .......

These are lovely flowers for sure and ... David you counted the reasons why these flowers may not be the end of the 'flagpole'.

 

[Paphman910]

Wow! Color is fantastic! Very well grown plant and congrats to your effort for flowering this species!

 

[orchidlife]

Gorgeous plant and flowers!!

 

[dodidoki]

Very nice plant!!! From OI?

 

[emydura]

Very nice plant!!! From OI?

Thanks Istvan. I bought it as a seedling from a grower here in Australia who has been on this forum (Brad). I believe he bought a flask direct from TON in Japan. He has flowered out a lot of seedlings from this cross and he said my plant was very representative of the ones he has flowered. A consistently very high quality cross.

 

[Duck Slipper]

Good one!