Paph. Saint Swithin “莊苑”

[Camellkc]

It is the first time for me to bloom it with 6 flowers. I do not know how to translate the clone’s name into English but it comes from the same series of the clone ‘Spring Swallow’. Both are still high grade SS in the market. Enjoy!

 

[Guldal]

Glorious and regal! It just looks so extremely well grown - kudos to you!

 

[orchid527]

Nice flower. I like the presentation of the petals. I have an awarded one but the presentation is more bow shaped. I prefer yours.

Sam Tsui was selling some near blooming size Saint Swithins at a show this spring and he had his big specimen plant there as an example. The flowers were large and they had broad dorsals with clean, bold stripes. The background was more white than yellow. I had never seen one like his, but you could tell it was definitely a Saint Swithin. Mike

 

[Carper]

Extremely well grown. Great stance and 6 flowers is excellent.

Gary
UK

 

[Ozpaph]

very nice. Could you take a photo a bit closer up?

 

[gego]

This is very nice SS. Could be the results of bigger and better parents used in breeding.

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Duck Slipper]

Exemplary!
Very happy looking plant!

 

[Camellkc]

very nice. Could you take a photo a bit closer up?

Sorry, I have cut the spike after taking this photo.

 

[SlipperKing]

If you use a cell phone to view, you can make it quite large for the close up.

 

[GuRu]

Gorgeous and very impressive in several regards, the flowers itself, the flower count and the plant in toto. Congrats

 

[Greenpaph]

I have grown many clones of SS over the last 45 years. This is one of the best!
Congratulations!

 

[Hien]

“莊苑” in Vietnamese it is probably "Trang Viên"
Does the clone name mean "farmstead garden"
"Garden in the countryside" ?

 

[Camellkc]

“莊苑” in Vietnamese it is probably "Trang Viên"
Does the clone name mean "farmstead garden"
"Garden in the countryside" ?

I don’t know. It is a famous Taiwan clone and is named by Taiwan people. The are 3 outstanding clones from this series, 莊苑 of course is one of the three, the other one is Spring Swallow （春歸燕）and the last one is called 御品（i cannot translate into English)