Den delicatum and Den ?? - Orchid Board

phearamedusa · #1 02-19-2009, 01:24 AM

Many years ago I purchased Den delicatum from Huronview Orchids.

Don't let the name fool you, I have to say this is one tough little plant. The fragrance it has is amazing. I divided this plant, about 2 yrs ago and the local society benefited since I gave them about 6, 3 or 4 inch plants for the annual plant auction in spring.
Shortly after this purchase, I saw what I thought was the same plant at White Rose.

The flowers were slightly larger but very similar scent and coloration. Both bloom around this time of year, and the blooms last for a few weeks time. Any idea what this one is, since nursery was unable to tell me anything.

P.S. plant that was split was at least twice size of one above..

Roy · #2 02-19-2009, 01:44 AM

The flower shape appears to be what I would expect to see of a Delicatum. The do vary depending on the quality of the parents used. Its very hard to tell the flower & lip colors with the pics being so RED.

phearamedusa · #3 02-19-2009, 02:07 AM

I'll take in my better camera tomorrow, and remove from under Hps lighting to get a better color rendition.

The lips are quite different. I thought it might be a primary hybrid, but I just call it B213 like the tag says and hope...it's a.....

Andrew · #4 02-19-2009, 05:59 AM

The orchid in the second photo looks to have some tetragonum in it (it's too starry for either kinginum or speciosum). Is there any supplier information on the label that you can use to track down the name based on that cataogue number?

phearamedusa · #5 02-19-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew

The orchid in the second photo looks to have some tetragonum in it (it's too starry for either kinginum or speciosum). Is there any supplier information on the label that you can use to track down the name based on that cataogue number?

I tried that earlier this week. They don't know, maybe I should send them a picture.

here's some better pictures,

this picture shoe a pretty decent shot of the lip on B213

phearamedusa · #6 02-25-2009, 01:41 AM

I got a good picture of the two flowers today and you can see the size difference and the differences in the lip clearly, larger one is B213.

color in first picture is more true to life.