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bcostello
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Bought this from Piping Rock several years ago. This is the first blooming for me.
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SlipperFan
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Sure has strong stripes and patterns! Cool flower.
JeanLux
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interesting shape, and nice moustache!!! Jean
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Kevin
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Nice, but that's not Betheva. Betheva is pearcei x caudatum.
smartie2000
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I don't have a Betheva, but I wouldn't question its parentage. It looks like what you would expect
The bloom still has to grow, the petals and pouch should expand more. It has nice netting on the dorsal.
The bloom still has to grow, the petals and pouch should expand more. It has nice netting on the dorsal.
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Kevin
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I wouldn't question anything from Piping Rock either, but this one doesn't look anything like mine - unless mine is wrong! Anything with caudatum should be huge, shouldn't it?
smartie2000
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If you recieved your from paramount orchids, the one I saw if theirs in bloom was huge. (hmm...they were selling it in bloom, and for this cross it was actually impressive. Why do I remember these random things. But I assume paramount had it labelled correctly, I had not examined it carefully because I wasn't purchasing it)
But there are different sides of the spectrum, pearcei is considered smaller. That hairy staminode is from pearcei.
But there are different sides of the spectrum, pearcei is considered smaller. That hairy staminode is from pearcei.
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etex
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Very cool bloom-love the pattern on the dorsal and the moustache!
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Kevin
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bcostello - what are the dimensions of your flower? How big is the plant?
Argh! big green plant!! 
It's a Betheva but one that came out more like pearcei than caudatum. How long are the petals? Could you post a picture of the whole flower taken front and from one side? There's a Betheva looking more like caudatum in Vol. 67 (4) of Orchid Digest page 267. It's quite different but I do like your plant as well. There's never anything wrong in being different. I'd be happy with it. :clap:
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bcostello
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I'll post pics of whole plant in the am.
Rick
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Hairy armpits!!!
That rounded opening to the pouch would probably not come from caudatum but rather a popowii (if the flower is big) or klotzscheanum (if the flower is small).
That rounded opening to the pouch would probably not come from caudatum but rather a popowii (if the flower is big) or klotzscheanum (if the flower is small).
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Kevin
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Well, I've learned something new! I didn't realize this cross was so variable. I got mine from Paramount, and I bought mine, because they had one in bloom that had more of a caudatum influence, which I liked.
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bcostello
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Here's the full view with a 6 in. terra cotta pot and 14 lb. cat
Rick
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Having your cat in the picture for scale is a great idea:clap:
It's definitely too big to be influenced by klostchianum.
It's definitely too big to be influenced by klostchianum.
Leo Schordje
wilted blossom
I think the label is correct. The full plant photo removed any doubt in my mind.
smartie2000
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I agree, as soon as I saw the plant photo as well.
Well grown plant specimen, no brown spots as all. (pearcei can get brown spots easily and some of its hybrids too)
Well grown plant specimen, no brown spots as all. (pearcei can get brown spots easily and some of its hybrids too)
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Kevin
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Nice. Thanks. You didn't show the full flower in the first pics, so it looked like it didn't inherit much from caudatum - now I see it did inherit some.
