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03-27-2007, 03:09 PM
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Paphiopedilum delenatii
Quite a few of these are coming into bloom now... this is a nice form with HUGE petals... unfortunately, my cat got to the flower before it could be photographed, so there are a few bite marks (the bite on the right petal looks like a smiley face)... 
Paphiopedilum delenatii
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03-27-2007, 03:52 PM
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Gorgeous!!!  Very nice! The plant itself seems so small and is already blooming! Amazing! How old is your plant? Is it its first blooming? I have paph. deperle that looks a bit like yours. Not only flowers but leaves as well. 
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03-27-2007, 05:52 PM
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Thats very nice. Curious kitties. haha!
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03-27-2007, 09:37 PM
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 Excellent shape to that one!
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03-27-2007, 09:47 PM
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Yea, it's very pretty. Mine's getting ready to open up, any day now.
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03-27-2007, 11:29 PM
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If it were furniture those bite marks would be considered character, it's still a beauty though Pat.
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03-30-2007, 09:15 PM
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Is it fragrant? What is its background....newer Vietnamese clones, or line-bred from the original? I have found that many of the newer clones have little to no fragrance...the old line clones can be very fragrant...Take care, Eric
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03-30-2007, 10:28 PM
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Eric,
Yes, this one is definitely newer breeding... there isn't a fragrance at all. My other, older Paph. delenatii (from the "single-origin" generation) has lots of fragrance.
Out of curiosity, have you bred the older type with the newer type? If so, what's the outcome with vigor, coloration, and fragrance?
Thanks again,
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PS: the blooming growth has a few VERY tiny leaves and is an inch or so tall... it's a weird one... |
03-30-2007, 11:47 PM
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I haven't done any breeding myself, but I'm sure that crosses have been made between the new and old lines. I have also found that the newer clones tend to be much smaller plants, for the most part. However, I have had 2 clones from the "Pink Balloon" cross...one is very small, and has no fragrance at all. The other was (note the past tense...) a large plant, with a large bloom, and had a noticeable fragrance..much better plant. Of course, the crappy little one survived....On a fragrance note, Dennis D'Allessandro was once selling some delanatii that had been selctively bred just for fragrance, in Germany. I never got one of those plants...Take care, Eric
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