Dendrobium Roy Tokunaga Spots X Best Spots

[moniluhum]

When I purchased this in August 2016 it was already in bloom.. The bloom died and another one grew from the same cane blooming again in November.

[ksriramkumar]

Looks awesome!!

[Sheryl]

Nice!!

[Chris in Hamilton]

Well Done!

[Azizan]

Interesting bloom! The spots are on the outside rather than inside. Never seen that before.

[78Terp]

Pretty flower.

[chingjervis]

Wonderful!

[Dorsetman]

Interesting bloom! The spots are on the outside rather than inside. Never seen that before.

I think they are just showing through. Whether they are inside or outside, or both, depends on how many layers of cells there are, and whether all layers are the same - like in Disa uniflora, the flowers all appear red, except for the yellow ones which actually have the outer ( dark red) layer of cells missing - the yellow is there all the time, but normally hidden.
The spots come from one of the Latouriua section - maybe rhodostictum, and that is the same - darer spotted on the front, a bit lighter on the back - just like here.

[sciencegal]

Roy Tokunaga is from D. johnsoniae x D. atroviolaceum both Latouria types. The spots come from atroviolaceum which are darker on the outside than the inside so they are probably showing through to the inside. I have this one but it isn't yet in bloom.

[JDT]

Great colors no matter!