Phalaenopsis Cornu cervi black

[ana patricia]

Small and solitary, but very beautiful ...

I like... I like

[Piper]

Wow, Zain! This sure looks like a very rare color form of cornu-cervi. It would be Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi f. sanguinea. (Based on the latin, sanguineus, which means "blood red."

I wasn't familiar with this color form, so I grabbed my Phal bible (Eric Christenson's Phalaenopsis: A Monograph). Here's what he writes about the form:

"This phase of the species represents a nearly red flower brought about by the coalescing of red spots and bars. The pattern is still visible and a yellow picotee (narrow border) is still evident. The vibrant color is reminiscent of the red flush seen in most clones of P. corningiana."

He writes that he only knew of this color form through a photograph in a book. From that, I'm assuming it's quite rare, although his monograph was published in 2001. It could be less unusual these days. But still, it's gorgeous!

McJulie

[zainal abidin]

Wow, Zain! This sure looks like a very rare color form of cornu-cervi. It would be Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi f. sanguinea. (Based on the latin, sanguineus, which means "blood red."

I wasn't familiar with this color form, so I grabbed my Phal bible (Eric Christenson's Phalaenopsis: A Monograph). Here's what he writes about the form:

"This phase of the species represents a nearly red flower brought about by the coalescing of red spots and bars. The pattern is still visible and a yellow picotee (narrow border) is still evident. The vibrant color is reminiscent of the red flush seen in most clones of P. corningiana."

He writes that he only knew of this color form through a photograph in a book. From that, I'm assuming it's quite rare, although his monograph was published in 2001. It could be less unusual these days. But still, it's gorgeous!

McJulie

Thanks Mc Julie for the information, I know this one is very rare difficult to see nowdays, considered myself very lucky to have this one, Zain.