Paph Season 2023

[Tony]

You should probably stop buying multis from whomever you're buying multis lol.

He retired so I will lol

 

[okiesarah]

Wössner Black Wings, select clone from Sam out of roths 'Red Sea' x anitum 'Ace'. Sam recorded a dw of 6.2 and pw 1.6 on the tag, this blooming is 5.6 and 1.5 so I'm going to grow it out a while before submitting it. I would hate to have such a nice plant devalued with an HCC.

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Johanna's Angel, I've only found two pics of the grex online and both were disasters. This one is better but that's not saying much.

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Julius, a pretty average example of the grex IMO.

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Phrag. walisii/warscewiczianum is loaded with spikes but they are staggering their development instead of putting on a big show.

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A few non-slippers are blooming too, here are Encyclia tampensis alba and Zygo Cynosure 'Blue Birds'

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That Blue Birds is lovely. I think the one I got recently is spiking, so hopefully I'll get to see a bloom like that in person soon

 

[Tony]

Any bets on what Hilo Black Eagle #3 will actually be?

 

[spujr]

Any bets on what Hilo Black Eagle #3 will actually be?

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Another round of guess the spike! Maybe it's P. anitum!

 

[Tony]

Another round of guess the spike! Maybe it's P. anitum!

The foliage says hell no

 

[Happypaphy7]

These all look too much alike, but I actually think that looks like what the tag says it is.
WBW is nearly black maroon at this stage. Roth is heavily striped against bright background color.
This looks to be just in between the two. But then, many other things can look like this, too.
Only a few more weeks!

 

[Guldal]

As the second Hilo Black Eagle developed I started getting suspicious of the buds and sure enough it's another mislabel and also another stonei hybrid. I'm leaning toward Hung Sheng Cape from what I can see of it. We'll see when it is fully open.

I certainly hope for you, Tony, that you will soon draw a winner in the genetic raffle, sponsored by your defunct multi-provider!

 

[Tony]

Time for some more glamor shots.

 

[tnyr5]

I wonder if the Hilo Black Eagles are actually Hilo Bald Eagles (JB/WBW x stonei)

 

[annica.jarvela]

Really lovely flowers Tony. What is that last one? Thank you for showing them.

 

[Tony]

I wonder if the Hilo Black Eagles are actually Hilo Bald Eagles (JB/WBW x stonei)

That's what I'm thinking now, James Fang just posted one that's a dead ringer for the one I thought was a Lady Roths, and the second plant fits. Third is still developing but I can already see stonei in the buds.

 

[Tony]

Really lovely flowers Tony. What is that last one? Thank you for showing them.

Arthurara Sea Snake 'Unforgettable' HCC/AOS

 

[tnyr5]

Great, now I wonder what the one I purchased as Hilo bald eagle actually is. This is all very inconvenient lol.

 

[Tony]

Great, now I wonder what the one I purchased as Hilo bald eagle actually is. This is all very inconvenient lol.

From Sam? I think I have half a dozen but none have bloomed yet.

 

[annica.jarvela]

Arthurara Sea Snake 'Unforgettable' HCC/AOS

Thanks, Tony for the info!

 

[Justin]

Really excellent photos.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Great, now I wonder what the one I purchased as Hilo bald eagle actually is. This is all very inconvenient lol.

Very inconvenient and disturbing lol.

It’s like a murder mystery dinner on whodunnit?

 

[Guldal]

It’s like a murder mystery dinner on whodunnit

You could play Cato to my Inspector Clouseau, Leslie, as we unravel the Hybrid Murders, that I fear will unfold, if not one of Tony's HBEs turns out to be, what they ought to be, as it seems, they are not! (to distortedly paraphrase the Log Woman from TP)

 

[Tony]

That's what I'm thinking now, James Fang just posted one that's a dead ringer for the one I thought was a Lady Roths, and the second plant fits. Third is still developing but I can already see stonei in the buds.

Buds on "Hilo Black Eagle" #3, clearly a stonei cross again.

 

[Tony]

That's what I'm thinking now, James Fang just posted one that's a dead ringer for the one I thought was a Lady Roths, and the second plant fits. Third is still developing but I can already see stonei in the buds.

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Now that I have this plant from James in my hands I have no doubt, it's a twin to my first "Hilo Black Eagle". Mystery solved.