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Originally Posted by Bayard
Steve - The thing that really caught my attention the first time I encountered this beauty was the intense fragrance! I remember reading an article or letter in an old AOS Bulletin from one of the persons responsible for the line that gave us the 'Willowbrook' clone. They said it was a result of five generations of breeding.
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Interesting info... I had always read this was supposed to be a jungle collected plant... what I think make this a non-mossiae is the fact that the color is way to strong and vibrant, typical of the Larense type lueddemanniana... I have seen thousands of mossiae in my home country (Venezuela) and I have never seen one not even half so dark like Willobrook, however I have seen several lueddemannianas and xgravesianas which have this color. A friend of mine in Venezuela has this plant, as well as many mossiae and lueddemanniana in his collection. he has noted that Willobrook tends to be an early bloomer, closer to the lueddemanniana peak (however, this is not rare for mossiae, as the blooming period of both species overlap in the wild) but more important is that he has mentioned that the fragrance is different to both species... xgravesiana (depending whether primary hybrid or back cross) can have a fragrance similar each parent or something different in between....
I am now looking for a picture of Willobrook x self plants (have read about them a while ago, but cannot remember where) These plants were apparently sold as Gravesiana in the USA... this would give a clue about the genetic of this clon.
Nevertheless, Willobrook is a very nice plant, worth to keep in any collection....
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