Promenaea - Orchid Board

Roy · #1 12-06-2008, 01:37 AM

This Prom is just starting to open its 4 or 5 flowers.
I forgot to get the name, I'll add it later.

masda · #2 12-06-2008, 06:13 PM

Nice Prom, always enjoy seeing these little beauties and can't understand why there are not more available in N.Z. that is, our closest supply is in Australia.

Chubidubi · #3 12-06-2008, 06:23 PM

I like her a lot! The color, the shape and the spots are AWESOME!!

camille1585 · #4 12-06-2008, 06:45 PM

It looks really nice, I like the spots!

betoguerrero · #5 12-08-2008, 09:54 AM

Very cute....

Mike O'C · #6 12-08-2008, 04:45 PM

Nice one Roy. Do you have a name for it? Could it possibly be the hybrid between Promenea stapelioides and xanthina? I think that it is called Promenea Crawshayiana or some like that. I do not have Wildcat or OrchidWhiz so I cannot check the name for you.

Roy · #7 12-08-2008, 05:49 PM

I meant to add the name earlier & forgot. The cross is Florafest Sparkler x Dinah Albright.

Mike O'C · #8 12-09-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy

I meant to add the name earlier & forgot. The cross is Florafest Sparkler x Dinah Albright.

Thanks for that Roy. The names of the parents suggest a complex hybrid and that they have gone beyond primary hybrids in the genus Promenea. The yellow makes me think of Promenea xanthina and the spots of Promenea stapelioides. As I mainly grow species, the names of the parents means nothing to me.