Paph. Wössner China Moon

[NEslipper]

First bloom seedling purchased from Oceanside Orchids the cross is armeniacum x hangianum, exact parentage unknown. I can't take full credit for the bloom, I purchased it in extremely low sheath in February, just a tiny nub was visible and it looked like a sheath to me so I went for it. Kind of amazed it didn't blast, considering its had a painfully slow almost 5-month journey to get to opening the flower. The plant is actually quite vigorous, and already has two new growths - any armeniacum I've tried by the 4 month mark was already in decline. I'm hopeful that hybrid vigor is on my side with this one, since we're already had some extremely hot summer days and it seems to be chugging along. Wish we saw more of these around, I love the bright saturated yellow, the overall shape and fullness of the flower, and the flower is absolutely enormous to boot. Pouch is the size of a golf ball, and the NS would be over 14 cm if it were perfectly flat. Not much of a fragrance, maybe a very very faint fresh soapy/laundry smell if you really get your nose in there.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Beautiful! I'm a huge fan of bright yellow flowers and I love hangianum hybrids.

 

[Ozpaph]

thats very nicely coloured

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Very nice one. Hope the chin cleft improves next blooming.

 

[GuRu]

This lovely and huge yellow flower is very attractive in my eyes.