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[Bird Song Farm]

Originally Posted by Alvin

hmm...in my area is hard to get the species...so means also hard to get amboinensis too...haha...but im lucky...i bought a Phal. amboinensis before...so means...now i got Phal. amboinensis and Phal. amboinensis var. flavida...did you post up the photoes of you Phal. amboinensis and Phal. amboinensis var. flavida? can i see it?

Here is a link to my P. amboinensis, it is the "commom" variety. My var. flavida is at least a year away from flowering. I have to buy seedlings and wait.

Al

Phalaenopsis amboinensis 8-06-09 pictures from home & garden photos on webshots

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

Here is a link to my P. amboinensis, it is the "commom" variety. My var. flavida is at least a year away from flowering. I have to buy seedlings and wait.

Al

Phalaenopsis amboinensis 8-06-09 pictures from home & garden photos on webshots

hmm...i saw your Phal. amboinensis already...^^ it's totally gorgeous...i also have one like this...then both of us put more efford on our Phal. amboinensis var. flavida...hope they can have the pretty little flower for us to see^^

[Royal]

My gut tells me it's Princess Kaiulani var. flava - but I'm no authority.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

My gut tells me it's Princess Kaiulani var. flava - but I'm no authority.

hmm..thanks Royal...i check online already..but i dont think it is Princess Kaiulani var. flava..it is because my phal species is not that yellow in color...anyway...thanks for giving opinion...i will gather all the information which you guys give me and do more further research...

[Royal]

PK v. flava is a hybrid between violacea v. alba and amboinensis v. flava, so the color can be very variable. Some may come out really yellow, but some may be white, pale green, or even show some "normal" color from one or both of the parent species.

The star shape makes it look like it could have P. violacea in the background, but the color/markings look like they come from amboinensis. That's still my guess.

Whatever it is, it is lovely!

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

PK v. flava is a hybrid between violacea v. alba and amboinensis v. flava, so the color can be very variable. Some may come out really yellow, but some may be white, pale green, or even show some "normal" color from one or both of the parent species.

The star shape makes it look like it could have P. violacea in the background, but the color/markings look like they come from amboinensis. That's still my guess.

Whatever it is, it is lovely!

haha...ya...agree...whatever it is...as long as it is an orchid...as long as it got lovely flower...that's enough

[orchidsworld]

The lip is not typical of amboinensis. You can see a real violacea influence in it... for me no doubt it's a Princess Kaiulani var flava, with a big influence of amboinensis in the coloration pattern...

Parents are violacea var alba x amboinensis var flava...

[orchidsworld]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Looks more like a semi-alba version of Phal tetraspis, not sure.

Phal tetraspis semi-alba doesn't exist at all ... as tetraspis alba doesn't exist. YOu can have white form of tetraspis, but the lip will always have red marks on it... and a semi-alba form, as you can find in violacea, are not yellow

[wind08]

Hi there Alvin, personally I'm leaning towards Phal. amboinensis var. flava too..

var. flavida is yellow base, with brown barrings

var. flava is white base, yellow barring.

Cannot be any "alba" because alba means pure white, not yellow or anything. and you phals.net state no pallens var. flava as well.

The worse case scenario it could be a Phal. Princess Kaiulani "Yellow", a cross using Phal. violacea var. alba x Phal. amboinensis var. flava.

[lambelkip]

Originally Posted by wind08

var. flavida is yellow base, with brown barrings

var. flava is white base, yellow barring.

var flavida has a white or cream colored base, with yellow bars.
there is no var flava, but sometimes var flavida is labeled that way.

Cannot be any "alba" because alba means pure white, not yellow or anything.

alba means that it does not have red or purple pigments. most alba plants still have yellow, and only a few are pure white.