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mattbrown
March 14th, 2005, 11:51 AM
nice big crisp looking dorsal on this one. i would like to see more spots on the petals though.
http://mattsorchidcollection.com/images/DSC00005.jpg

John M
March 17th, 2005, 08:48 PM
Hey there mattbrown, do you mean lawrenceanum x Ruby Sands? This would be a hybrid between Paph. lawrenceanum crossed with Paph. Ruby Sands. The way you have it written, Paph. (Lawrenceanum x 'Ruby Sands'), it's as though it is a pure lawrenceanum (with no clonal name) crossed with another pure lawrenceanum (clonal name - 'Ruby Sands'); but that doesn't look like a pure lawrenceanum. BTW, all species names (eg. lawrenceanum), are not capitalized. Genus names (eg. Paphiopedilum), are capitalized.

Nice form on that one. Good growing!