Phal Little Mary 'Ava' - Orchid Board

BikerDoc5968 · #1 04-29-2008, 01:31 PM

Some time ago I posted a pic of a NOID. The leaves are mottled like Phal shilleriana. Today I got a plant labeled "Phal Little Mary 'Ava' also with mottled leaves, but out of spike. I got it because it was $2.00 and the leaf pattern. The only pics I've been able to find look like my "old" plant (pic included) which some felt was a variation of Phal shilleriana v purpurea. So anyone have good pics of the flower of a plant that they are pretty certain is Little Mary?

This is a pic of my old plant that I was calling
Phal shilleriana v purpurea

gands · #2 05-06-2008, 11:46 PM

The photo is does not look like a shilly purpurea to me. Here are a couple different clones of Little Mary that I have.

BikerDoc5968 · #3 05-07-2008, 07:51 AM

Gands, are the leaves of your Little Mary mottled like schilleriana?

cb977 · #4 05-07-2008, 07:53 AM

Here's mine but the leaves are not mottled

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ttle-mary.html

gands · #5 05-07-2008, 01:22 PM

We have two Little Mary's, one has mottled leaves and one does not.

Dorothy · #6 05-07-2008, 02:27 PM

Biker - it wouldn't surprise me that mottled leaves have shown up on in your Little Mary as schilleriana shows up a number of times in it's lineage. As does Phal rimestadiana, aphrodite, amabilis and stuartiana, sanderiana, amboinensis and equestris and leuddemanniana.
It has one of the most complex lineages I have ever encountered

.. if you want the list, I can PM or email it to you - because there is no way I am charting this one up

I started but stopped after going back 12 generations without completing it.

Sue - you picked quite the hybrid to honor your mom with .. in fact .. one of the hybrids in it's lineage is Phal Lively Suzan

(= Phal Bataan x Phal stuartina)
[Phal Bataan = Phal amabilis X Phal aphrodite]

cb977 · #7 05-07-2008, 03:12 PM

D, you never cease to amaze me!

I picked this one just because my Mom's name was Mary...I had absolutely NO idea that Phal Lively Suzan was in it's lineage!

Thank you

Dorothy · #8 05-07-2008, 04:11 PM

and another hybrid called Phal 'Best Girl' which I am sure you were to your mom

I can send you all the hybrids and species that go into making it .. it's just 3 and a half pages long (large font) ...