Stunning collection... I will discard my 2 venustums... they are so uggly compared to yours ! 
Maybe someday I could buy a compot of your cross....
Maybe someday I could buy a compot of your cross.... 
Paphiopedilum venustums from Japan GrandPrix 2020
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Good stuff coming down the road!
Thanks! Lets hope the pods take without harming the plants too much.
yep and got my flasks through customs!
I’d want to see the venustems you’re discarding...Stunning collection... I will discard my 2 venustums... they are so uggly compared to yours !
I didn’t cross any of them yet as they were all bare root to cross international customs. They will need to establish and grow another year before holding pods. Next year I’ll sib them.Stunning collection... I will discard my 2 venustums... they are so uggly compared to yours !
Colors are nice but form isn’t great. The majority of venustums have reflexed petals. The good ones will stay flat without curling. Those are the ones that should be bred on.
BTW ... Most of the paphs are from Quintal Farm or Hilo nurseries. Try them?
Btw does anyone know where I can find articles on the various forms of venustums (other than the Paph books in general circulation?)? I think Pradmani (?) from India did an article... though I can’t find it. Thanks!
Oh, and I added another one I saw on display from the Burlington Orchid Show in late February of this year. I really liked the intense dark pink lip, veined dark green with a contrasting golden yellow rim. Striking colors overall. Turns out it belonged to another orchid friend in Toronto, who was willing to part with it for a good price.
Not sure if I will breed with it in future because the petals do fold back on the superior margin of the distal halves.
It is however a huge flower, about 12 cm NS with a very large flat dorsal sepal. It also has venustum ‘Foxcatcher’ FCC/AOS as a direct parent. Tag said Orchid Inn as source.
So it has provenance and possess qualities that may prove useful as a pod parent to increase floral size and produce intensely dark lip.
Not sure if I will breed with it in future because the petals do fold back on the superior margin of the distal halves.
It is however a huge flower, about 12 cm NS with a very large flat dorsal sepal. It also has venustum ‘Foxcatcher’ FCC/AOS as a direct parent. Tag said Orchid Inn as source.
So it has provenance and possess qualities that may prove useful as a pod parent to increase floral size and produce intensely dark lip.
Very nice selection! Love the petal variations.
Orchid Digest, Nov.-Dec. 1975 by Udai C Pradhan. Pp. 204-210
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Thanks Tom for the article. It will be very helpful for my research.
Your welcome! The fun will be to decide whether some of the differences in floral morphology are entitled to varietal status.
Oh, Leslie, you leave me gasping!
Yes it seems like there are quite a few varieties that have been described over the last 200 years since its discovery. Many groups were isolated 15,000 years ago and continued their own lineages. Some show quite big differnces as in size of flower parts, wart sixe/quantity and pouch/petal colors. I will need to sort out true stabilized population vs one-offs individual cultivars. It will a fun project.
LOL.... Please lie down, knees bend and take slow deliberate breaths. Feel better?Oh, Leslie, you leave me gasping!
Hey Leslie, I live in Canada too so shipping the ones you get "bored" with would be no problem at all. Just sayin'..........
Lori, your offer is noted LOL.Hey Leslie, I live in Canada too so shipping the ones you get "bored" with would be no problem at all. Just sayin'..........
