Tolumnia Elfin Gem 'Kultana'

[mde]

Very interesting mix of colors. Any idea what species went into this?

Matt

[Sue]

Blooms are around 1 1/2", with one secondary branch. Looks like I can expect more branching later, as this is a first blooming. Incidentally, if you noticed some pink creeping into the white background on the sides of the lip, that is not a trick of the camera; it's actually there, and I think it's pretty cool. The plant is maybe 4" tall. I only have a couple Tolumnia, and I can't take responsibility for this blooming (got it in spike). They're neat little guys though. Think I might pick up a couple more, when given the opportunity.

Lineage:

Elfin Gem = (Sniffen x Shannon Elizabeth)
_Sniffen = (Golden Sunset x Irene Gleason)
__Golden Sunset = Stanley Smith x Tiny Tim
___Stanley Smith = Red Belt x pulchella
____Red Belt = Golden Glow x triquetra
_____Golden Glow = triquetra x urophylla
___Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis
__Irene Gleason = Golden Sunset x Linda
___Golden Sunset = Stanley Smith x Tiny Tim
____Stanley Smith = Red Belt x pulchella
_____Red Belt = Golden Glow x triquetra
______Golden Glow = triquetra x urophylla
____Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis
___Linda = Rainbow x Waikiki Sunset
____Rainbow = pulchella x Tiny Tim
_____Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis
_Shannon Elizabeth = Sniffen x Golden Sunset
__Sniffen = (Golden Sunset x Irene Gleason)
___Golden Sunset = Stanley Smith x Tiny Tim
____Stanley Smith = Red Belt x pulchella
_____Red Belt = Golden Glow x triquetra
______Golden Glow = triquetra x urophylla
____Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis
___Irene Gleason = Golden Sunset x Linda
____Golden Sunset = Stanley Smith x Tiny Tim
_____Stanley Smith = Red Belt x pulchella
______Red Belt = Golden Glow x triquetra
_______Golden Glow = triquetra x urophylla
_____Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis
____Linda = Rainbow x Waikiki Sunset
_____Rainbow = pulchella x Tiny Tim
______Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis
__Golden Sunset = Stanley Smith x Tiny Tim
___Stanley Smith = Red Belt x pulchella
____Red Belt = Golden Glow x triquetra
_____Golden Glow = triquetra x urophylla
___Tiny Tim = triquetra x gulanensis

pulchella = 52/256
triquetra = 97/256
urophylla = 13/256
gulanensis = 58/256

That doesn't quite add up, so I must've done the math wrong somewhere, but I don't want to bother redoing it. But there you go, approximately at least.

Just goes to show you; if you're not bewildered and possibly bored, I haven't finished answering the question. But I, at the very least, found this interesting.

[Diane]

I nodded off somewhere after the second cross.......

[bench72]

How cool is this... our local orc soc had a guest speaker who deflasked a Tolumnia flask... and they weren't very big and then he said they don't grow much more than that.. e.g the flask was an honey jar and the biggest plant touched the top... so little beauties...

One thing about Tolumnia's is that when you do a cross, say a red flower with a white flower, the babies will come out red, white, pink, orange, yellow.. dots and splashes etc etc... crazy huh!

Anyways, love the skirt on this one Sue.

Cheers
Tim

[shalene]

Oh, Sue!!! I don't have this one. You know how I can't resist these!!!!
Very nice and it will branch. They always seem to.
Shalene

[Gin]

lol at least Diane made it to the 2nd cross , I skimmed it and got a headache , Very pretty blooms .O Evil Genius .... twin ( remember we are sharing the title ) Gin