Phrag. besseae fma flavum 'D'Oro' 4N

[tomkalina]

Thought you might like to see one of our two divisions of this beautiful clone that's blooming today in a cloudy greenhouse. Apologies for the blue gloves - I've been repotting some seedlings. But the gloves do provide a great background for a yellow flower!

 

[MorandiWine]

Sooooo whats the plan with the other division? Haha

 

[tomkalina]

Sold, but hoping to get a (x self) flask from the lab early Summer 2020, plus I self pollinated the flower in the photo this afternoon.

 

[abax]

That is one beautifully perfect flower Tom. Good
luck with propagation.

 

[grubea]

Very nice!!

 

[MorandiWine]

Let me know when you have flasks please.
Thanks

 

[Djthomp28]

Lovely form! I will be on the lookout in early summer also.

 

[KateL]

Spectacular!

 

[Hien]

Thought you might like to see one of our two divisions of this beautiful clone that's blooming today in a cloudy greenhouse. Apologies for the blue gloves - I've been repotting some seedlings. But the gloves do provide a great background for a yellow flower!

Is this the result of selfing/breeding the "only yellow besseae in existence in the world" that you have years ago ? this is as perfect as excellent chubby women in Titian's paintings .
It always amazes me to find out that selfing one plant can result in so many variations/ degrees of yellow shades as well as shapes from skinny to fat flowers

 

[monocotman]

Hien, Whatever the genetics of the original plant, it’s mostly the 4n bit which gives the rounded bloom,
David

 

[tomkalina]

Origin was a flask of cholchicine treated flavum seedlings of which there were only four survivors. Three were extremely poor growers and died within 6 weeks (Probably aneuploids) and this was the only seedling that grew, albeit slowly. Substance is very thick as you might expect from a tetraploid.