Cycnoches William Clarke

[Gena]

Cycnoches William Clarke is a relatively new primary hybrid registered by F.Clarke in 2004. The parents are Cycnoches herrenhusanum and Cycnoches cooperi.
My plant is blooming now for the first time. I do like the coloration – it is really somewhere in between herrenhusanum and cooperi. The plant is from Brazil.

[Gena]

Originally Posted by Jan Pahl

look Gena, you have a dead opossum, but I found a better one hehe, the suicidal road-kill opossum... It's yummy, ready to be prepared stuffed with apples and rum.

Poor creature!!!! Why they are painted over it? It’s just unbelievable!!!

Originally Posted by Jan Pahl

By the way, I don't have better words to describe that hybrid has the first mustard colored orchid I meet. Now thanks to you I am hungry, I am dying for a bratwurst with spicy-turnip-mustard

Jan!!!! It’s first time I heard that flowers can provoke such reaction as hunger! It’s brilliant!!!!

[tuvoc]

HMMMM. X-rated orchids? I guess it fits, after all, orchis does mean testicle. BTW, nice one, Gena.

Kim

[Gena]

Originally Posted by Jan Pahl

Not only flowers Gena, also pseudobulbs provoke primordial hunger on me... Every time I visit Bruno's house I end imagine every thick, juicy new Catasetum pseudobulb cut in dices mixed with radiccio, endives with mustard-balsamic vinegar top maybe with camembert cheese and Walnut Nuts added on it ........ but that only happens with Catasetinae... Vandas, Cattleyas or Phalaenopsis only the flowers provoke my orchid-salad fantasies.

Jesus Christ!!!!
Bruno, be aware of Jan!!!!! At least meet him each time he is visiting your house with couple of sandwiches or something! Otherwise there is a risk that you hear a crunch when he is chewing your Catasetums!!!!! (Don’t worry about Cycnoches! They will be untouched!).

Originally Posted by tuvoc

HMMMM. X-rated orchids?

[Nataliwind]

Originally Posted by Gena

Cycnoches William Clarke is a relatively new primary hybrid registered by F.Clarke in 2004. The parents are Cycnoches herrenhusanum and Cycnoches cooperi.
My plant is blooming now for the first time. I do like the coloration – it is really somewhere in between herrenhusanum and cooperi. The plant is from Brazil.

Great blooming, Gena!
Gongratulations!

[Gena]

Originally Posted by Jan Pahl

Rufito show me his Sharp-knife canines pointed to chew my manhood in a instant as a warning signal.

Oh, mine! It's better that I leave all thoughts about visiting Venezuela one day .... in some way it feels more safe!

Originally Posted by Jan Pahl

This sibaritism is going to kill me!!!!!![/B]

Natali, thank you!

[isurus79]

Jan,
This cross (like a lot of Cycnoches crosses) is highly variable with its progeny. Here are two plants from my collection. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...am-clarke.html

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...am-clarke.html

The first one was a burnt orange color and the form took after the cooperi parent and the second had a lot of yellow and green in it with the shape closer to that of the herrenhusanum parent. You will also notice that both of my plants are completely different than Gena's too! Sorry for the poor picture in the first one though. I've improved my photography skills quite a bit in the past few years!

[Gena]

Originally Posted by Jan Pahl

By the way Gena... do you know if that true mustard color is the "average" for william Clarke's seedlings..

More or less, Jan. As I know very often you can find a bit more “greenish” coloration, often in combination with copper shades at the edge of sepals and petals (like here http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-4594468...0_2069_3071973 ). Once I’ve seen light copper-coloured Cycnoches William Clarke. Here, cultivar ‘Pine Ridge’, is quite close to mine Pine Ridge Orchids - Photos - Cyc. & Cycd. hybrids . So, they can be variable.

[Gena]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Jan,
This cross (like a lot of Cycnoches crosses) is highly variable with its progeny. Here are two plants from my collection. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...am-clarke.html

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...am-clarke.html

The first one was a burnt orange color and the form took after the cooperi parent and the second had a lot of yellow and green in it with the shape closer to that of the herrenhusanum parent. You will also notice that both of my plants are completely different than Gena's too! Sorry for the poor picture in the first one though. I've improved my photography skills quite a bit in the past few years!

Great, Steve! Your first one it's exactly what I meant when I said "a bit more “greenish” coloration, often in combination with copper shades at the edge of sepals and petals". Beautiful illustration!
I love your second one. It's gorgeous!

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Jan,
This cross (like a lot of Cycnoches crosses) is highly variable with its progeny. Here are two plants from my collection. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...am-clarke.html

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...am-clarke.html

The first one was a burnt orange color and the form took after the cooperi parent and the second had a lot of yellow and green in it with the shape closer to that of the herrenhusanum parent. You will also notice that both of my plants are completely different than Gena's too! Sorry for the poor picture in the first one though. I've improved my photography skills quite a bit in the past few years!

wow... that's variability... if I would have all 3 plants presented, without tellinbg me they are the same cross, I would have not guessed it...

all 3 are gorgeous!!