Paph

A remake using different a different pollen parent from our previous AQ.  Gorgeous coloraturums, even.  This remake has earned the highest point total of any of he Ghostly Contrasts and looks far superior to any in the AQ that was awarded to the previous version.

We love the clean different colors of this new hybrid.  Most of the flowers we have seen are very similar in color.

We have now made this cross at least 5 different times with different parents.  This time there were two AM’s.  We took back twelve the next judging and there we four more HCC’s and an AQ.  Even the coloraturums on this grex look spectacular.  We used an HCC for the photo, we will consider swapping […]

We exhibited three of the first six to bloom and all three were awarded AM’s!  Two were attractive pink flames, one with almost no spots and one heavily spotted.  We are displaying this vini as we know there is heavy prejudice in favor of vinis.

We achieved what we were breeding for, light color and large size.  A very free blooming hybrid that has bloomed very quickly from flask.

The colors are just astounding, love that dorsal sepal

Love this form, and the color is quite attractive too, but it does not hold as much appeal as the vinis, unfortunately.

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Two flowers exhibited, two 81 point AM’s.  We love this one with the spots in the dorsal.  We look forward to enhancing the spots.

Great flame on a tall upright stem, you have to love all the spots!

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Lovely light colored flowers, but about half of them are album.  We crossed a very light coloratum with an almost white green & white.  The flowers follow either one parent or the other.  There does not seen to be any that are a blend of both parents.

We just got one from the first time we made this cross awarded in Toronto as a cut flower.  But we really do prefer this remake.  We expect to see a lot more flower like this one.

Very nice pink and green flowers with minimal spotting.  And for those of you who go to Paph Guild remember to cheer when Mrs Muir’s award slides are screened.  Don’t let her grumble about the length of the clonal name as she is want to do on some of our awards!

Love the down-swept wide petals on the awarded clone.  Seeing lots more color in other flowers and tall upright stems

A wonderfully charming flame to vini.

Beautifully bold flowers  

We are showing the 83 point award just because, but we honestly prefer the look of our 78 point HCC to this grex.  We should have the photos up in our awards section soon so that you may compare and decide yourselves.

This is just one of the many colors that are contained in this hybrid. Some are way darker, others even lighter.  It is fun!

Don’t you just love the way venustum dominates but the color is so enhanced.  venustum is a grandparent on both sides.  The venustum influence makes it very easy to rebloom.

There is another Odette’s Moon award in our Awards section that shows the color potential of this grex.  These typically flower on strong upright unstaked stems.

Big flowers with typically really good form

Another way to approach red, this one is beginning to show red promise.  Next time onto a lighter colored vini.  The awarded clone is a pure vini and is displayed in our awards section

An immediate winner, FCC in Nation’s Capital and and three HCC’s in Hilo.  What a stunning green & white.  Look at the width of the petals on this HCC.

Just a lovely example of pale breeding, light flowers with gentle hints of pink and complimenting spots.

Big spotted coloratum, what else is there to say, except that the sepals really do make the show.  There is also an HCC that should soon be added to the awards section.

Another in our series trying to create a flower that is green in the center and pink around the outside with little or no spotting.  One was awarded at Paph Guild in January 2019 (‘Slipper Zone’s Leilani AM/AOS 82 points).  We will try to obtain the photographer’s approval to use the photograph or we will […]

6 awards and an AQ to this hybrid, so we do not have a lot left.  Everyone who knew about them grabbed them very quickly.  The consistency is great.  Our apologies if you see the name spelled with two l’s, Graham can still lapse into his native British English.

Monthra?  google it, it does relate to moths in a bizarre sort of way.  Lovely gentle hints of pink on a spotted flower.

One of our classic green & whites crossed with one of our Maudiae shaped whites.  Mostly light green & white but with an interesting white looking twist.

Lots of spots, large ones very wide petals over a pale green background.  At last one was awarded in Hilo so we have a photo.  Can you imagine what this would look like if we can enhance the spots in the dorsal?  We are working on it.

The correct American spelling at last.  Our apologies if you come across it spelled with two l’s.  Graham still occasionally reverts to British English.  This is not helped having the registrations take place in the U.K.  Just look at those colors and the way they are presented.

We said below that we had come to the end of the Oxymoron Series, but here’s another one.  Actually this one is a grandchild of Wood Wonder so technically it is not an Oxymoron Series, but we probably drew a blank thinking up another name.  As a grandchild  one is showing lighter colors than the […]

Seeing lots of pink petals with very little spotting and some pink showing in the dorsal sepal. The awarded flower is just stunning, the photograph is good but the flower itself does take your breath away.

Great award quality flowers from this cross.  There are two HCC’s as well and one we have held back from judging.  if it corrects its stem issue and flowers the same as this year with the right team it is possible.