A New Complex Paph!

[WhiteRabbit]

nice find!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

nice find!

Thanks, I do think so as well, but with great variability within the cross, I'm half excited and half scared.
I hope it turns out nicely when open!

will find out soon.

[NYCorchidman]

The first flower has been open for a few days now.
The flower is very waxy/glossy as expected, and I like that!

It looks almost identical to the one already in bloom at the same store I bought this one at.
The good news is that the second bud tucked underneath the flower is also growing nicely.

Now, I wonder about the flower not completely spreading out nearly flat like many complex paphs flowers do.
Maybe only the super expensive ones are that way, or or those flat open flowers somehow manipulated and forced to look nicer?

[quiltergal]

I'm guessing that it is Paph. Michael X Paph. Crazy Horse. It currently is unregistered possibly because one of Paph. Michaels parents (Blanche Moore) has unknown parents. Blanche Moore was registered way back in 1904 so perhaps the records were lost. Who knows. Anyway it's very nice. It may flatten out in time. Flatness is all in the breeding.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by quiltergal

I'm guessing that it is Paph. Michael X Paph. Crazy Horse. It currently is unregistered possibly because one of Paph. Michaels parents (Blanche Moore) has unknown parents. Blanche Moore was registered way back in 1904 so perhaps the records were lost. Who knows. Anyway it's very nice. It may flatten out in time. Flatness is all in the breeding.

Thank you for the information!
The white tag that came with this plant looks very different than those yellow tags. Well, now I know what it is more correctly.

I personally prefer flat round flowers on complex paphs. It turns out those are very expensive (in the thousands!). Ones I usually see at local stores are rarely flat. Maybe that's why they are offered at much lower price (but still pricy compared to the price of other common orchids).

Well, I like the fact that there are more than one flowers at one time, so I will at least enjoy the flower show.

Can you recommend any good books on complex hybrids??
or can you recommend ones with large round flowers on relatively small sized plants?