Phal Tying Shin Cupid 'Montclair'

[Pilot]

Love it! Tying shin has some of the best hybrids...own a few myself but not this one...hmmm... Lol

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow - what a beauty! Fab color!

[Pilot]

What kind of texture do the petals have? Is it well-scented? I'm considering getting this one but it has to have a nice heavy substance and good fragrance to make the cut.

[zxyqu]

Hey Pilot, good questions. Scent wise, I really am not sure (first blooming for me as I bought it out of bloom). I smell something faint when I get home from work (after 6ish), and by then, if anything is there it is gone. I need to wait for a weekend so I can get a good sense during the day.
The substance of the flower is really good. Really heavy, as the petals/sepals are fairly thick for what I've seen, and the texture of them comes out like an art shade fine sand paper. I'm also a big fan of the fat flat lip

Cody, hoping to take a picture tonight of the "mating pair"

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by zxyqu

Cody, hoping to take a picture tonight of the "mating pair"

WOW! You don't even want to know the things that went through my head when I read that.

[zxyqu]

Ok, I finally decided to stop slacking on this one. I was going to use this as a pod plant, but I think I'm going to reverse it as this is a young(er) plant in it's first bloom. I got this one from Norman's also with the Tying Shin. This is violacea var indigo x var sumatrana. I'm really excited about this first bloom. Wanted a bit more blue in this from the indigo, but the color is a really cool red/purple mix. It kind of shows in the pic, but not all of it. It's also got a nifty faded petal going on. Anyway, what do you think about this cross?

[FairyInTheFlowers]

OMG!!! I think it will look fabulous, and I sure want some of the seeds!

[zxyqu]

I'm actually hesistant on using pollen from Tying Shin now. After doing some reading, it's unclear whether Tying Shin Cupid is a triploid, given it's parent is Sogo Lawrence (likely a 4n). Now Tying shin may have used a different non 4n, or even used a 4n Kuntrarti Rarashati, but the chances are small, so I'm thinking of holding off (other than a selfing), on using the violacea on this. I'm also unsure of the ploidy of this violacea, but I assume it to be 2n (waiting on Norman's response, if they know ploidy of the parents).

[Pilot]

I didn't want to start a new topic but I was inspired by this boom and so I ordered from Normans. Testing this out to see if tapatalk works.


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.462777,-104.690755

[zxyqu]

Yup, great bloom, and your tapatalk works!