http://littlefrogfarm.com/images/fowlii-x-parishii_web.jpg

Yes, it isn't all that impressive. I grew this from seed, it took forever to get to blooming size. And yes, if you really like it, I'm sure there are more. Free to good homes. But as far as I know, it hasn't been named yet. Seeking suggestions. I can't come up with anything good.

Fabulous prize to the person who comes up with the best name. :razz:

How about "Fowl Play"

Rob the picture is kinda small.

Is it multi floral? What does the foliage look like?

Has the flower been open long enough to get max petal length and twist?

Rick

Rob, do you have another picture of a matured flower? I ask because I don't see any parishii in it but I could be wrong. I like Rick's "Foul Play". How about Parish's Fowl? I know it sounds dumb but that is what kept coming up in my head. :lol:

How about "Fowl Play"

Rob the picture is kinda small.

Is it multi floral? What does the foliage look like?

Has the flower been open long enough to get max petal length and twist?

Rick

I thought about Fowl Play... but I didn't know if that was just my weird sense of humor or not.

My (average sized) hand is in there as a reference to flower size. It is a first bloom, but there is one flower and one bud on the inflorescence. Took the picture a few days ago, but it had been open for a couple of weeks by then, so I think that is pretty much as long and twisty as the petals will get.

Nothing remarkable about the foliage. Concolor green, like parishii. Smallish plant (maybe 8-10" across).

Rob, do you have another picture of a matured flower? I ask because I don't see any parishii in it but I could be wrong. I like Rick's "Foul Play". How about Parish's Fowl? I know it sounds dumb but that is what kept coming up in my head. :lol:

Afraid that is as mature as that flower is going to get. I don't think it got the best features of either parent. I see a lot of parishii in the way the petals are held and the twist to it. It may not be very apparent from the picture. Not enough parishii to make it good, just enough to convince me it is in there.

Unless more of these bloom out (haven't seen any others yet), and they are substantially better, I don't think this was a really successful attempt.

I can see some kind of pendalous/twisty petal influence in there.

But I suspect if you added parrishii you were hoping for a large # of flowers too.

I can see some kind of pendalous/twisty petal influence in there.

But I suspect if you added parrishii you were hoping for a large # of flowers too.

Yep. Actually a friend of mine made the cross, I didn't think it was a good idea at the time and it turns out I was right... *grin* I is just the flasker, not the daddy here. I think these plants might end up as orphans. This is the danger of the 'pretty on pretty' approach to hybridizing.

It's a pretty big outcross, so variability from plant to plant is apt to be high. For your hybridizing penance you have to bloom every single one out to look for that very special individual.

It's a pretty big outcross, so variability from plant to plant is apt to be high. For your hybridizing penance you have to bloom every single one out to look for that very special individual.

I think I'll give whatever I have left to the guy who did the sinning. Of course he just abandoned most of his paphs to me whilst he moves, and may or may not pick them up. So I have all of his share too... Hmm.... maybe that was the strategy all along. :mad: Of course if he doesn't pick them up I get to keep his roths and parvis. Maybe I am getting the better end of this stick. :poke:

Little late coming in on this.
I was going to say I saw parishii in the pouch, but maybe just a little. Definitely the petal twist and I see it also in the way the dorsal curls backwards (a trait I love in parishii and dianthum!)

If I had to vote, it would be for 'Fowl Play' - only because it is a bit of a double entendre - messing w/ nature by hybridizing, and all that! I think there needs to be more creative naming out there. My favorites are one's like this, and not just something like oh, say, Wossner Kolarmi - how BORING is that?!? This is nice because there is a little of each name, plus, an extra meaning. :wink:

Hope that doesn't offend anyone!

How about Paph Foul Ball? Seeing how the cross so far appears to be less than a 'home run'.

I second or third 'Fowl Play', very P. G. Wodehouse-it's nice that you have a friend that passes on things for you to raise & name....

that didn't sound right, if you've raised it from seed, its yours, what do you want it to be called? (you have alot more invested in it than your friend)....

Fowlie Perished...

Fowlie Perished...

LOL!!!

:oops:
we aren't poking fun, really, we aren't.....really!

I would name it Paph. Little Frog or Littlefrog. The only other that comes to mind would be Paph. Fowlish. I will stare at the photo for a while and post anything else that comes to mind.
Jon

I can definitely see the parishii in it....and I kind of like the flower. Keep in mind, fowlii is no beauty in the first place ...its kind of cute, in that its so small, but you have to be a real paph lover to appreciate it (and yes, I do have fowlii....). As for parishii, its not spectacular either...great shape and petals, sometimes a good flower count, but usually with washed out color, aside from the petals. To me, this is about as good as I would expect a cross like this to be. Take care, Eric

Parish the Thought?

or

Parish the Fought?

(too silly?)

As much as I love Paph. Fowlie Parished (that is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time...), I think it will have to be called Fowl Play. So, I'll fill out the paperwork and send it in as Paph. Littlefrog Fowl Play

Come claim your prize! First place is one Paph. Littlefrog Fowl Play. Second place is two Paph. Littlefrog Fowl Play (*GRIN*). Anybody want to claim third place?

Rob
I think you said that you came up with "Fowl Play" before I did. I just verified your twisted sense of humor. So that means that you should get to claim 1'st .

I like Littlefrog 'Fowl Play' very much - good choice.

That was fun! :thumbsup:

Yes, I also like Fowl Play.

Rob
I think you said that you came up with "Fowl Play" before I did. I just verified your twisted sense of humor. So that means that you should get to claim 1'st .

You really want two of these? You might want to claim credit and stick with one! But if you do want one, e-mail me. :twisted:

Just to salvage out a touch of science to this thread. Was fowlii the pod parent? I guess the tradition is to put the pod parent name first.

I've heard that characteristics of the pod parent often dominate in a cross. This would appear to be the case with this cross if my nomenclature guesses are correct.

Is there any variation at all in the folliage from plant to plant.

"Parish the Thought"?

Just to salvage out a touch of science to this thread. Was fowlii the pod parent? I guess the tradition is to put the pod parent name first.

I've heard that characteristics of the pod parent often dominate in a cross. This would appear to be the case with this cross if my nomenclature guesses are correct.

Is there any variation at all in the folliage from plant to plant.

I don't have the tag with me here at work (work! it is nice outside finally and I'm stuck at work...). So I may have typed in the name backwards. But, I do always write the pod parent first on my tags. Since my buddy made this cross (and the corresponding hang tag for the pod), there is a chance for error.

There isn't any variation in the foliage so far. I don't know how many I actually have left, I think I kept a flask but since I didn't have much hope for them I probably didn't go out of my way to hang on to them. My paphs are due for repotting soon (once I can attend to the rest of the plants - I'm way way behind), so maybe I'll find some more then.


"Parish the thought" - Cute, Ray... 8)

How about " Lieishii " :lol: I just like all of the i's in it!

I also like the way it looks, next time it should be stronger and
will look a bit better.

MJ