Phrag. April Fool 'Fool's Gold' 4N

[Shiva]

(Cardinale 'Birchwood' 3N x besseae 'Rob's Choice' 4N)

Got this beauty as a division last spring. Nearly 8 cm wide. First flower for me.

 

[JeanLux]

Yes that is a beautiful bloom!!!! Jean

 

[Susie11]

Lovely.

 

[SlipperKing]

A huge Cardinale with flat petals! Nice enough!

 

[Dido]

A great one how big is the flower

 

[Shiva]

The flower is not as large as it looks. It's almost 8 cm wide, but it's fullness makes it look larger.

 

[e-spice]

Very pretty!

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Aaawwwww, I love it

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[goldenrose]

:smitten::smitten::smitten:

 

[Gcroz]

Beautiful. Petals are nice and flat, must be the besseae influence. Oddly very little imparted from besseae...

Awesome flower!

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! This and Phrag Elizabeth March are my favorites of this type of breeding.

 

[phrag guy]

very nice

 

[raymond]

very nice

 

[Erythrone]

cute!!!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Cute little guy! :smitten:

 

[John M]

Hubba, hubba! VERY nice, Michel! Your title says it's a 4n; but, the parents are listed as a 3n x a 4n. Has this clone had it's chromosomes counted? I thought 3n's were infertile; but, I don't really understand how ploidy works in all cases. Can anyone explain it to me please?

 

[NYEric]

If it is truly 3N x 4N then it is 3N. the chromosones were probably boosted artificially so they may have paired up in spite of being 3N.

 

[Shiva]

This cross came from Orchid Ltd. Maybe Robert could bring some light on this.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Very nice clone!

 

[SlipperFan]

A little cupped, but a gorgeous flower!