A little help with ID?

[heatherbear10]

Hey all, I've been trying to find a pic of what my Paph will look like when it blooms, but can't find the tag info on AOS or Google...mis-tagged? Tag reads:

Paph. Selligerom "Gleneyre". Thanks

[Vivienne]

Is the tag hand-written or printed? Are you certain of the spelling? I can't find it as a registered hybrid. Perhaps Kevin can help here... he has a way with finding that information.

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by heatherbear10

Hey all, I've been trying to find a pic of what my Paph will look like when it blooms, but can't find the tag info on AOS or Google...mis-tagged? Tag reads:

Paph. Selligerom "Gleneyre". Thanks

Hi heatherbear,

Based only on the tag info provided, I believe there is a good chance your tag is just misspelled and should be: Paph Selligerum. It's a primary hybrid between Paph barbatum and Paph philippinense registered way back in 1878 (for all you Paph trivia buffs).

As it is a very old hybrid, there aren't very many pictures of it around. I could only find artists renditions of the flower (see below). It would be very useful and helpful if you could take and post some pictures of the flower when it blooms for you.

One artist's rendition of Paph Selligerum (1803)
Another artist's rendition of Paph Selligerum
And a third drawing

[Vivienne]

I knew Kevin would be able to put some details with it! Love the artist renditions... beautiful paph!

[heatherbear10]

Thanks, Kevin. The tag is hand written. I'm looking forward to blooming time, nothing yet, but we'll see. It's got 3 fans on it, so hopefully we'll get something soon!

Heather