Is My New Paph Venestum OK?

[The Mutant]

Originally Posted by Rowangreen

I was sure I'd posted a reply! Must have clicked the wrong button.

NYC: Most of this is an old thread...

Mutant: you may have more paphs than me, but I think I have more genuses!

And I think I've said this before: I'd trust the label on your 'Mont Miliais' x self much more than the one on your 'Schwarze Madonna'! The first is indicating a plant grown from seed, of which there could have been thousands. The second indicates a clone, and since you can't clone paphs the only way to that would be to do divisions. There are just too many 'Schwarze Madonna's on sale too cheap with too many different ilustrating pictures for them to all be one clone... I think that's a trade name. Should still be nice though!

I think so too, I only stick to Phals, Paphs, and one Phrag, and those are more than enough for me.

Interesting, I've never thought of that before. If it really was a 'Schwarze Madonna' then it probably would have a "x self" somewhere, but it doesn't... I think some vendors forget about the "x self" and just write the names. it's the same with my Claire de Lune 'Edgar van Belle', I highly doubt that it's a division of the awarded plant, but rather a selfling.

The 'Mont Miliais' x self was too cheap to be a true 'MM' selfling, and its leaves look wrong too. It's a chubby roth, and as far as I know, 'Mont Miliais' isn't chubby. But whatever it might be, it grows well so I'm not complaining.