Paph Armeni White.....it's pink

Jul 08, 2009 Last reply: 17 years ago 4 Replies

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Gene Schurg 17 years ago

Greetings all,

It's been a while since I moseyed out this way. I hope all of you are well.

I have first bloom seedling (that is actually 6+ years old) of Paph Armeni White (delenatii x armeniacum) that opened this week. Normally, these are creamy white but this one opened up as pink. Not solid pink but the pouch is pink and the petals are overlaid in pink.

It has the shape of Armeni White and the others that have bloomed in the past that I got when these seedlings came in the mail all bloomed as white.

Any thoughts? Is this something that judges would like/dislike?

Gene

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Information here may be outdated?

tenman 17 years ago

Most are white-ish, the prevailing theory in the past being that delenatii suppresses the yellow.

But I have one now open which is a pale yellow so I guess it's more complex than previousy thought; I'm not sure if it's because I'm growing it cooler or it'll just always be that way.

I'd love to see a pic of the pink one, and would hope to find one of my own sometime, or perhaps a division of yours in the fullness of time. Can you post one to abpo, kye's site or anywhere else we can see it? I'm putting my yellow one on abpo now.

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Gene Schurg 17 years ago

tenman,

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Let me know if this works.

I put the picture up on Flickr. I hope it works since this is my first post to that site.

Gene

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Gene Schurg 17 years ago

OK...I think I've got it....

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Gene

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tenman 17 years ago

It is a very lovely flower, but I think it has been mislabelled at some point and is in reality Magic Lantern, for which it is an exact match. The tesselations on the petals are a dead giveaway for a micranthum parent.

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