Peloric Robert Jameson x lowii

[emydura]

A couple of plants of this hybrid from the Canberra show last weekend. Neither are mine. The main interest is that one of the clones was peloric. First time I have seen this in person. I'm not sure what causes this. All three flowers showed the trait so it seems to be stable. But then this was the 2nd flowering for this clone. On the first flowering, the flowers were normal. The second photo is a normal form from the same cross (from the same flask actually). The peloric form was given an Award of Distinction at the show.

It is quite a nice cross with colourful flowers on towering spikes. Robert Jameson is rothschildianum x Bengal Lancers. So this cross is made up of

50% lowii
25% rothschildianum
12.5% parishii
12.5% haynaldianum

David

 

[Roy]

David, the second one is very nice, wouldn't mind it at all. The peloric, not for me. Unusual and definitely a retirement fund bonus if the owner sells it to Japan, they seem to love those.

 

[SlipperKing]

cool stuff David. So, it bloomed normal the first time and peloric on the second blooming? Does the peloric growth look any different from the normal blooming growth or the from the second plant you showed? I've had plants unstable in their growth habits e.g. normal growth then throw off a mutant growth. The flowers are usually mutants themselves.

 

[NYEric]

Mutation!!

 

[JeanLux]

Oh my --, I would prefer the 2nd one!!! Jean

 

[hardy]

Looks like the side pouches are kissing the middle one, hehe That's cool!

 

[Jorch]

The peloric one is quite charming!

 

[emydura]

cool stuff David. So, it bloomed normal the first time and peloric on the second blooming? Does the peloric growth look any different from the normal blooming growth or the from the second plant you showed? I've had plants unstable in their growth habits e.g. normal growth then throw off a mutant growth. The flowers are usually mutants themselves.

That is correct, it bloomed normal the first time. From memory there was nothing distinctive about the growth. It looked fine to my eyes. It will be interesting to see what happens next flowering. Was it just a one-off or will it consistently display this mutation. The fact that all three flowers were peloric suggsts the latter.

I asked the judges how they would judge this plant. They said the fact that all 3 flowers were consistent meant it would not be penalised for this mutation. In fact it went close to winning best Paph but was marked down for a couple of floors with one flower. It was still given an AD award.

I quite like it myself.

David

 

[toddybear]

How bizarre!

 

[Pete]

i find it very odd that the plant supposedly bloomed perfectly normal the first time and then fully peloric the second time..

 

[SlipperFan]

Strange -- both the blooming and the blooming sequence.

 

[emydura]

i find it very odd that the plant supposedly bloomed perfectly normal the first time and then fully peloric the second time..

Well I could see that it had definately flowered before and it is not something the grower would forget. Suggests to me this is not purely a genetic trait (in this plant anyway). There must be some environmental factors that trigger this mutation.

David

 

[Ricky]

i find it very odd that the plant supposedly bloomed perfectly normal the first time and then fully peloric the second time..

Perhaps this effect it related to the temperature?

I got a Phal last year at which the flowers on 2 stems were perloric but on the 3rd one regular. This year all glowers were peloric.