Lepanthes cross - what do you think please?
Ok, so here we go. I have Lepanthes telipogoniflora, and cross of Lepanthes telipogoniflora x calodictyon, both from Ecuagenera. The cross plant was blooming for the first time over a month ago, the bloom was kind of similar to telipogoniflora, but shaped different, more like a triangle 3 corner shape than round umbrella as telipogoniflora (picture 1 shows first bloom). Today, there was new bud opened, on the very same plant, and to my surprise, this bloom looks nearly identical to telipogoniflora that is blooming at the same day in the same glass orb. I must say, I am little surprised the same plant produce different shaped blooms. The bloom and the plant on all pictures to the right is telipogoniflora, on the left side is the "cross", and all detailed pictures are the pictures of the bloom on the cross plant! Also, I think, that this "cross" did not work well for Ecuagenera at all, the plant is just boring, lacking any exciting features. I would love if the leaves would be small as telipogoniflora has, but with marbling as calodictyon has, or at least if the bud would be somehow exciting. The only difference I see now is that the cross plant has just slightly larger leaves than telipogoniflora species and slightly smaller bloom than telipogoniflora, but with this open bud, it is pretty much just another telipogoniflora plant. What do you think?
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