Dendrobium kingianum x varsilcockii ???

[Alyons]

I bought an orchid labeled kingianum x var silcockii recently and was wondering if anyone knew anything about this? I tried an internet search and came up empty handed any info would be greatly appreciated.

[Andrew]

Den kingianum var silcockii is used to refer to the "semialba" forms of kingianum ie white flowers with vaying amounts of purple on their labellum. The varietal status of silcockii is no longer accepted by even the most ardent of splitters as it's simply part of the natural colour variation of the species. Basically what you've got is a (presumably) pink kingianum crossed with a white petalled/purple labellumed kingianum so, whatever the colour of the flowers, your plant is still a kingianum. The silcockii pattern is not particularly stable in breeding, even in silcockii x silcockii crosses, so you basically take your chances with what colours to expect.

[Alyons]

Thanks a lot for the info it is much appreciated! No wonder my search was coming up empty, as I was looking at the tag incorrectly haha