Paph Harbur 'Golden gate'

Another old complex paph. Cost me a bomb twenty five years ago... But I like it, and my old mum used to say money is made round so that it goes round. That was in the days when coins were worth something , and notes rather rare... a long time ago . An American hybrid I believ, although I have never looked it up.

25yrs? Eloquent testimony to the longevity of orchid plants.

I wonder if the complex paphs are perhaps beginning to experience a resurgence of popularity. I saw a fair number of them at the last show I attended. If you haven't already checked out my pic from the Grand Rapids show, Geoff, you might like to do so. I included a few shots of ones I thought particularly nice.

Beautiful complex paph orchid, Geoff.

Cheers,
BD

Originally Posted by pavel

25yrs? Eloquent testimony to the longevity of orchid plants.

I wonder if the complex paphs are perhaps beginning to experience a resurgence of popularity. I saw a fair number of them at the last show I attended. If you haven't already checked out my pic from the Grand Rapids show, Geoff, you might like to do so. I included a few shots of one I thought particularly nice.

I'd like to look at that - can you give me a link, or do I (somehow ! ) try and look at all your messages ?

Hi Guys!
What does it mean by complex Paph?

Originally Posted by Little Lady

Hi Guys!
What does it mean by complex Paph?

Hybrids bred through maybe a dozen generations, and perhaps containing the genes of as many as a dozen different species ; so far removed from the originals as to be a different shape, different size, different colour.... And in the case of paphs, there are special words used for different kinds of hybrids, among the specialists - "primary" = a cross of two species, "novelty" a cross between one or more of the newly discovered "Chinese" paph species, sometimes crossed with an old hybrid, "Complex" as explained, and so on.
Hope this helps ; I'm afraid that after many years in the orchid world we come to speak our own jargon and don't realise others do not understand it.

Originally Posted by Dorsetman

Another old complex paph. Cost me a bomb twenty five years ago...

Very beautiful flower. I can understand how costly it must have been, but now with mericloning its rather cheap, I got mine for just 20 euros hehe.

Originally Posted by Halloamey

Very beautiful flower. I can understand how costly it must have been, but now with mericloning its rather cheap, I got mine for just 20 euros hehe.

Mericloning Paphs ? I don't think so.
Maybe you intended this reply for another thread ?

I had forgotten that mericloing Paphs was not possible, I assumed since I got it this cheap it must be because of mericloning.

Originally Posted by Dorsetman

I'd like to look at that - can you give me a link, or do I (somehow ! ) try and look at all your messages ?

It's easy enough to find, Geoff -- it's under the orchid show section of the forum. But since I'm typing this anyway, linking it is no problem either

http://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchid...ure-heavy.html