Paphiopedilum Jolly Holiday

[Happypaphy7]

This is a primary hybrid between Paph. philippinense X liemianum.
I bought this in bud a couple of years ago, and then it bloomed again for me about one year later. The flower count is the same,but the plant is getting bigger.


I like how all the flowers remain open together. I have had some similar hybrids that followed the trait of sequential parents.

There is a new fan starting between the two current growths.
The plant takes up quite a bit of space, but I like this one.

 

[NYEric]

Good color too. Looks like a winner.

 

[troy]

friken great!!!! nice color, post another pic in a week, let them open fully, very nice!!

 

[Ozpaph]

I like how the petals sit and twist.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Yeah, that is pretty impressive that all the flowers open at once like that. I love this hybrid, phil and liemianum are two of my favs, and they make handsome babies, that's for sure.

 

[SlipperFan]

Interesting cross.

 

[paphioboy]

Very nice! My Jolly Holidays tend to have less twisting in the petals and the flowers are not as dark as yours. I love this hybrid, given the space it takes, it is still much smaller than Shireen (glauco x phili) and is very free flowering. Your plant shows a good balance of both parents, especially the white halo from liemianum is retained.

 

[Happypaphy7]

friken great!!!! nice color, post another pic in a week, let them open fully, very nice!!

This is about one month old bloom. oke:

 

[Happypaphy7]

Yeah, that is pretty impressive that all the flowers open at once like that. I love this hybrid, phil and liemianum are two of my favs, and they make handsome babies, that's for sure.

Thanks!

I have leimianum. I bought it last year with its first flower open and it is still bloom on its twelfth flower.
I would love to have a nice (but small growing if such thing exists hahaha) philippinense as I love everything about those flowers, color and the shape!!! but they seem to get quite big. maybe someday.

For now, I am happy with this baby.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Very nice! My Jolly Holidays tend to have less twisting in the petals and the flowers are not as dark as yours. I love this hybrid, given the space it takes, it is still much smaller than Shireen (glauco x phili) and is very free flowering. Your plant shows a good balance of both parents, especially the white halo from liemianum is retained.

True.
Primary hybrids with glauco seems to make big plants.

 

[phraggy]

Well done, I like the colour and shape of this paph.

Ed

 

[Migrant13]

Great cross. So how big is the plant?

 

[Happypaphy7]

Well, you might laugh if you are a multi lover.
It is a little over two foot from one end to the other, and that is huge for me considering my collections are mostly maudiae type hybrids and parvis.
Well, I do have bulldogs and some are rather big, but this one is the biggest thing I have.

 

[cnycharles]

Interesting


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[SlipperKing]

This has to be the best Jolly Holiday I've seen. Intense, clean colors and I love that dorsal patterning.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Thanks.
I think it is a great outcome from mixing the two species.
I only wish the plant was smaller. Oh, well...

 

[gnathaniel]

Very nice! Great balance of the parents. If it's too big for your space, I bet someone here would be happy to take it off your hands...

And maybe I'm misremembering, but don't certain populations/varieties of philippinense stay much more diminutive than others?

 

[Happypaphy7]

Yes! And that's the kind of philippinense I want to have!
Is it roebelini (sp?) ??

 

[NYEric]

If I get a nice clump of small phillip, do you want to trade?

 

[Happypaphy7]

with what?