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Old 07-16-2007, 08:23 PM
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I'm pretty sure micranthum's not the parent in this case for a few reasons. First off, Paph delenatii can have a full pouch as well, but most of the roundness of this pouch comes form the glaucophyllum; in other words the pouch on pikevi's plant certainly could have come from a delenatii. Secondly, micranthum tends to be quite dominant in passing on its distinct petal and dorsal sepal tesselations and its horizontal petal stance. You can distinctly see the micranthum petals and dorsal in this pic of Paph Taida Glaucothum or in this pic of the same cross. Paph micranthum hybrids, especially the primaries but also the secodaries are quite readily identifiable as micranthum hybrids because of the dominance of these petal and sepal markings. Pikevi's plant lacks micranthum markings. Finally, delenatii/Cochlopetalum hybrids are simply much more common than micranthum/Cochlopetalum hybrids.

Anton - I'm on track with you now. If you Google some of the delenatii/Cochlopetalum hybrids I listed above, especially Delophyllum and Deperle you'll find results that look like pikevi's plant.

Do you like pink Paphs? If so let me know, i can give you a whole list of pink hybrids. There are only a few species that contain pink though.
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