Paph. Yang-Ji Apple

[Drorchid]

This one was labeled as Paph. Addicted Philip, but I think it is a Paph. Yang-Ji Apple (anitum x philippinense):

In-case you are wondering why the flowers are "fuzzy", that is because it is cotton-wood season here, so there is cotton-wood seed flying through the air everywhere and even coming into the greenhouse.

Robert

 

[eOrchids]

Exceptional color on this one esp the dorsal!

 

[McPaph]

Looks incredible, Robert. I looked on the Internet and some Paph. Addicted Philip looked like this one. All the Paph. Yang-Ji Apple looked like this one with my rookie eye. It looked like some were made with paph philippinense var. roebelinii that had more twisting petals. Is paph anitum a species now?

 

[Drorchid]

Looks incredible, Robert. I looked on the Internet and some Paph. Addicted Philip looked like this one. All the Paph. Yang-Ji Apple looked like this one with my rookie eye. It looked like some were made with paph philippinense var. roebelinii that had more twisting petals. Is paph anitum a species now?

Yes, the RHS now considers Paph. anitum as a separate species, although if it was up to me I would still consider it as a variety of Paph. aductum.

Robert

 

[Wendy]

Very nice! Love that dorsal.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Interesting that everyone was drawn to the dorsal, it was the petals that caught my eye.

 

[Greenpaph]

Robert,

It is stunning. I agree with the nomenclature! LOL.

 

[raymond]

pretty

 

[cattmad]

very nice, great colour

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful -- I was attracted to the light/dark contrasts.

We have that fuzzy stuff flying around here also. The other day, the ground was so white with it it looked like snow.

 

[Pete]

i think they only consider it a species for breeding/hybrid purposes, but own its own they consider it a variety of adductum, as it should be. i believe the same is for leucochilums.. correct me if im wrong. also that could be just an addicted philip. i have seen some fairly dark ones come out with straight adductum and all the ones ive seen where anitum was used were VERY dark.

 

[toddybear]

Stunning!