Pink Paph.

[pikevi]

We were out shopping today and I found this beautiful pink Paph. in a store at the mall. It did not have an ID. But the colour was so cool and I bought it.

I plan to leave it in the same pot for now. When the bloom dies I will re-pot.

Any basic identification please?

Thanks.

[Vivienne]

basic ID... one that Vivienne WANTS!!!!! It's gorgeous. And you found it at the mall??? Jealousy creeping in here. I bet Kevin will have some kind of info for it.

How big is that bloom?

[Sea_Sun88]

Very Pretty. Are those types orchids difficult to take care of. I only have a Cattleya, Phalaenopsis and a Hybrid.

[pikevi]

Vivienne, the flower is about 9cm from top to bottom and about 6cm left to right.

I am attaching a photo which is a bit out of focus.

Sea_Sun88: I am not sure how difficult it would be. I have another 15 or so paphs. which are quite small. I bought them as babies. So far they are doing OK, except for some browning here and there.

May be you could try one, just to get the feel.

Good luck.

[Anton]

I have scoured all my resources looking for something vaguely similar, but drew a blank.

Unusual colour, usually they are more of a reddy pink than a true pink.

[kmarch]

pikevi - I can narrow it down to the most likely candidates: Paph delenatii crossed with one of the Cochlopetalum Paphs:
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. glaucophyllum = Paph Delophyllum
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. moquetteanum = (not registered)
Paphiopedilum liemianum = Paph Annabellchen
Paphiopedilum primulinum var. primulinum = Paph Deperle
Paphiopedilum primulinum var. purpurascens = Paph Neil's Diamond
Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae = Paph Grassauer Abendrot
Paphiopedilum victoria-regina = Paph Grassau

If you do Google searches, you'll see that all of these hybrids look very much alike. I will say that Paph Delophyllum and Paph Deperle are very commonly found hybrids so my bet would be that it is one of those. ID confirmation will probably be impossible without DNA analysis.

seasun88 - Paphs are some of the easiest orchids to grow in your home. most fo them like the temperatures and light available in your home. They like to be kept evenly moist, never dry and never soggy. Take a look at the culture sheets at www.aos.org or on this forum for more soecific cultural info.

[sandra]

OMG PIKEVI......I WANT THIS PAPH. That is soooooooooo beautiful. Can I ask how much you paid? (Of course I can ask but will you tell me? Pretty please... I promise not to tell anyone. ). As soon as I log off from the site, I'm going internet shopping for one.

Really sensational pikevi. Enjoy!

[Anton]

Kevin I thought about the Paph delenatii, but the petals are thinner than this one, would the crossing help make them a bit wider ?

All the similar ones I saw tended to reddy pink, rather than that true pink on Pikevi's plant. It IS a keeper, if for nothing more than as a conservation piece.

[kmarch]

Paph delenatii typically has broad flat petals. The Cochlopetalum Paphs have narrow twisted petals. To my eye pikevi's Paph petals look pretty much straight up the middle between the two.

[Anton]

Kevin, this is the closest I was able to find.
http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/interactive/node/2052

[pikevi]

Thank you Anton,kmarch and sandra.

I am lost in Anton's and kmarch's discussion but all I can say is it IS prettty.

Thanks for taking the trouble to research and the info:Anton and kmarch.

Yes the top petal is straight up. I will try and get a photo edgewise later this evening. I have seen many Paphs. but I have not seen this uniform pink color.

sandra :I am sorry about not posting the price. In the excitement I forgot to include it. The listed price was $39.95cdn before taxes and she have it to me for $25 tax inc.. Apparently the flower is 'old' and will not last long. She also had a beautiful Onc. 'sharry baby' in full bloom, two spikes. She was prepared to give it to me for $30 but before packing she (and I) saw some infestation in the lower leaves (little white specks).

She held up a wrapping paper for to me to get the photo.

[sandra]

I never see paph's discounted here pikevi, never. The flowers could be dead in their pots and still, full price. Yours is just so sensational that it sent me into a "I just have to have it" frenzy, lol. I went shopping last evening and sadly, didn't find a paph like yours. I did find though, a phrag. which I know nothing about but I'm seriously thinking about clicking the "pay now" icon and a paph. that I've been wanting forever and which that pay button was clicked.

You hit the jackpot!

[flowerchild]

Pikevi, I want to know what malls you go to, cause the malls I go to don't have anything like that let alone a single orchid(unless of course you count Wally World(walmart)).Maybe I am gonna Have to come down there and go shopping with you!!! If you want some coupons for the orchid show In Hespler in Sept Pm me with your address and I will send you some k?

[charleyismydog]

I am so jealous! What a beauty. Congratulations. That is truly stunning!

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by Anton

Kevin, this is the closest I was able to find.
http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/interactive/node/2052

Anton, I think I'm missing what you're getting at. Can you expound on what you're thinkng?

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

I would be willing to place big money on one parent being micranthum, not delinatii. The pouch is too big for delinatii and just right for micrantum. Also, the veining in the petals would be from micranthum. Looks like it was crossed with something with droopy petals.

[Anton]

Kevin what I was getting at was that the top image is the closest thing I have found to a pink Paph, but the petals were wrong for what Pikevi has.

Sorry, I thought it was obvious.

[kmarch]

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.