Rhynchorides Thai Noi
The parentage is Aerides flabellata x Rhynchstylis coelestis . I suppose the breeder was hoping for a blue flabellata ; so was I.
We were both disappointed then. What we seem to have got is a plant which vegetatively looks like coelestis, with a smaller flabellata flowers , apart from having a poorer ( narrower and not fringed ) lip.
I am reminded of George Bernard Shaw, noted playwright, author and critic ( a very sharp witty man ) who proposed to a famous actress that they should have a love affair and produce a child ; Imagine said GBS - your looks and my brains. The actress turned him down , saying - but what if the poor child was unfortunate enough to be as dim as me and as ugly as you ?
I reckon the actress was not as dim as she pretended.
And orchid breeding works like this too, sometimes.
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