Just for the fun of it.... Which species do you see in this Hybrid?

[kavanaru]

As said in the title, nothing serious about this thread... If you want to have fun guessing the parents, just post your thoughts here... I will then say what is written in the label, and the feedback I recived from the vendor (however, I do not trust any of them!!)

I received this plant as a present about 3 years ago. I had bought some plants, and the nursery included this one as Bonus. The plants is a sequential bloomer... twice per year... last spike produce 6 flowers, but before it has produced not more than 3.. Spike is about 50 cm (20") when the first flower is open, but can grow up to 70 cm (27.5") by the third flower. And it was 110 cm (43") long when it produced 6 flowers!

LS: ~15 inches. Dark mottled leave.

Large pictures to make it easier for the details

[lepanthes89]

callosum,Curtissii,addunctum?

[snow]

maudia x maccabre

[billc]

The side shot of the pouch makes me think it has some Roth. in it.

Bill

[kavanaru]

ok, the label says: Paph. philipinense x chamberlainianum... This would mean: Paph. Helvetia... However, PH has no mottled leave, it tends to have several flowers open at the same time (I said my NOID is sequential) and the flowers look quite different, as you can see in these threads:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ilippinse.html
Paph. Helvetia

IMO, it is obvious that this plant has Cochlopetalum (sequential blooming - my guess: chamberlanianum), Polyantha (as Gore42 said, from the side, the pouch looks to me very Polyantha - from the front it's a different story. my guess: no clue!) & Sigmatopetalum (Stami. my guess: superbiens or curtisii - I need to pick those spot from somewhere ) background... Ok, I am not expert in Paphies and hybridization, but that's what I see...

so, I contacted the seller, and he sent this ID: [(chamberlanianum x rothschildianum) x (victoria-marie x hirsutissimum)] x sukhakulii, in other words (Transvaal x Hairy Slippers) x Sukhakulii... which for some reason, I do not believe to 100% (my hypothesis: he made up the combiantion of names when i sent the pictures)