What is the brownest phalaenopsis?

[inuank]

Hello everybody!

I would like to buy a new phal and since I live in quite a small town, I don't have a lot of shops where I can buy so I've been checking out online shops but I'm afraid the pictures might be slightly misleading and instead of a really brown phal I'll get a dark redish/purplish flower so I want to ask for an opinion from the more experienced people out here.

What I did find till now is the Phal. Brown Sugar and Haiti hibrids.... any of you who have them ? How are they ? Which is the brownest phal out there??

[Jayfar]

Millie's Brown Bacon comes to mind, although some plants from the cross are browner than others. The cross is by Al Pickrel of Al's Orchid Greenhouse. I don't know if he keeps it in stock; it's not currently listed in his online catalog, but he doesn't list everything.

Here's an orchid board posting about it.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-x-venosa.html

The International Orchid Register / RHS Gardening

Phalaenopsis Millie's Brown Bacon
Genus
Phalaenopsis
Epithet
Millie's Brown Bacon
Synonym Flag
This is not a synonym
Registrant Name
A.Pickrel
Originator Name
A.Pickrel
Date of registration
06/09/2010
Seed parent Pollen parent
Genus Phalaenopsis Phalaenopsis
Epithet honghenensis venosa

Note that the RHS listing specifies honghenensis, rather than braceana. I think those are species that have some confusion about them.

Also, on the Big Leaf forum search for thread title "Phalaenopsis Millie's Brown Bacon (braceana X venosa)." Al himself posted there.