I had been super interested in acquiring Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown 'Sweet Afton' for a very long time. I finally managed to acquire a few mature plants of 'Sweet Afton' - fingers crossed that the plants (flowers) will at least look something like the original plant (flowers) from Stewart's --- because so much mericloning had been done, and mutations have been seen. So I hope that my plants are actually 'Sweet Afton'. Chances are good - a well-known orchid nursery had these stashed for quite a long time.
While the relatively-old 'Sweet Afton' cultivar appears to be obtainable without too much effort in USA, Japan, UK, Brazil (maybe) ..... it seems hard to find here in Australia --- these days.
This attached photo is
not of 'Sweet Afton'. It's a mutation from it. For the moment - it's the closest I've ever come to 'Sweet Afton'. This photo was taken by the previous owner (a well-known grower of orchids in Australia), and he very generously sold this orchid to me this year.
Will take more photos for the next flowering!
The name I am putting down isn't official. I am tagging it as Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown 'Sweet Afton m. Splash', which pays tribute to the originator and name 'Sweet Afton', and m. is for mutation occurred, and 'Splash' is for the colouring in the petals, which doesn't occur in 'Sweet Afton'.
Nice to share this photo with everybody here on orchidboard.
Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown 'Sweet Afton m. Splash'
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