GaryB
July 4th, 2008, 12:35 AM
Here are a couple of photos from some plants purchased from Hillside Nursery last fall. All made it through the winter. Next year I'll take a shot at pollinating a couple of flowers. Enjoy!
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/1770/cypregineani5.th.jpg (http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cypregineani5.jpg)
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7184/cypregineaalbacf2.th.jpg (http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cypregineaalbacf2.jpg)
orchidlover
July 4th, 2008, 06:58 AM
Gorgeous Cyps thank you for posting them for us!
Paphi
July 4th, 2008, 07:31 AM
so pretty:heart::heart::heart:
Paphy57
July 4th, 2008, 09:38 AM
I like the reginae alba!! Beautiful!
joakim
July 4th, 2008, 12:10 PM
Very nice and the alba in perticular.
Would a mix of an alba with a normal give a paler normal? I do know that the color on reginae is temperature dependent but will half alba be paler?
Kind regards
Joakim
GaryB
July 4th, 2008, 04:00 PM
My understanding that lack of pigment is a resesive trait. A normal form crossed with an alba form is half alba but looks like a normal form.
Alba forms are generally less vigorous than normal forms. So it is common with Paphs to create half albas and then crossed with each other which results in about half of the offspring being full abla forms that are more vigorous.
I have several plants of each form and will be able to cross the normal forms with each other and also the albas with each other.
Gary
Tom Velardi
July 4th, 2008, 07:51 PM
The albas are deliciously pristine.