emydura
Well-Known Member
2nd time flowering.
David
Paph delanatii 'Pink Spring' x bellatulum alba 'Moonlight'
David
Paph delanatii 'Pink Spring' x bellatulum alba 'Moonlight'
Paph Vanda M Pearman
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NYEric
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bellatulum album?
smartie2000
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likely...looks like mine and mine is bellatulum alba. Yours is very lovely, i like the darker staminode on the white.
It grows super well in S/H by the way....mine is now in a glass vase so I see so many roots!
It grows super well in S/H by the way....mine is now in a glass vase so I see so many roots!
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
That really a nice David.....love the photo too.
emydura
Well-Known Member
Not sure what the question is here. If it is why isn't the flower an alba form when belatullum is an alba then this would simply be because the delanatii is not an alba. None of the seedlings would express the alba colour although all would carry the alba gene. If I was to self this seedling than 25% would be alba. That is my understanding of genetics.
David
NYEric
Well-Known Member
Actually I was questioning the spots on the petals which def dont come from the delanatii. I get the bell was just recently regressive for colored spots and they came back in your cross.
your both right. there might have been a better chance of an album Vanda Pearman if you used a delenatii alba also, but chances are you'd need to self or do a sib cross of this plant to achieve any albinistic progeny.
emydura
Well-Known Member
On the warm side of temperate (15-16oC minimum). I grew it in a lot more shade this time and the growth would be double the size of the first flowering. A beautiful big dark mottled growth.
David
Yoyo_Jo
Catt's Meow
I think it's a stunning bloom and I love the combination of the two parents. Your photo is great too.
John M
Orchid Addict
Huh? Good point, Eric. I thought you were just questioning the use of "alba" vs. "album". However, as you say, if the bellatulum was an alba, where did the spots come from? I wonder if an alba bellatulum still has spots; but, they're void of any colour and therefore, they don't show up in an alba flower. However, when you mix in colour genes from another plant, in this case, from a normal delenatii, the invisible spots "grab" some colour and therefore, they show up.
IMO, this is the nicest Vanda M. Pearman I've seen. I like the much more contrasting white background and the heavily delenatii influenced staminode colours. This is a beauty!
SlipperFan
Addicted
I thought the "a" or "um" was based on the gender of the genus: i.e., Paphiopedil"um" = alb"um"
I love the spots!
I love the spots!
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
I've seen bellatulum alba with spots they were...a faint yellow
emydura
Well-Known Member
That is what I would have thought. In the alba form the spots are there, you just can't see them (if that makes any sense). I'm not an expert on these things though. I think it looks a lot better with the spots myself.
David
Leo Schordje
wilted blossom
David, a lovely flower. Vanda M Pearman has been a favorite for many years. I lost mine some years ago, fortunately I now have a couple flasks of Vanda M Pearman that are coming alone.
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musiclovertony
Guest
That's a very beautiful flower and photograph! Good job 
JeanLux
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a real beauty!!!! Jean
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biothanasis
Guest
I love the wavy shape!!! Great spots!
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Ernie
Guest
Our bellatulum fma. album blooms with uncolored (white) bumps. So the spots are there, you just can't see them.
Also, bellatulum has big spots, right. I've noticed it commonly doesn't pass them on. They come out as speckles or increased color saturation, but not big, bold spots (of course, there are exceptions). VMP is the classic example of this since delenatii has nearly pristine white petals and also likes to quench color.
-Ernie
Also, bellatulum has big spots, right. I've noticed it commonly doesn't pass them on. They come out as speckles or increased color saturation, but not big, bold spots (of course, there are exceptions). VMP is the classic example of this since delenatii has nearly pristine white petals and also likes to quench color.
-Ernie
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etex
Guest
Beautiful bloom! It looks fabulous!
