The parents of this hybrid are (Misty Baby ‘Leesburg’ x Su-An Cricket ‘#1′). I was attempting to make a large flat solid greenish flower. This pictures shows 9 of the offspring and demonstrates the variation one can get when making orchid hybrids. It also demonstrates some of the surprises. I was expecting many flowers free of markings and I didn’t get them. At the time I made the cross I didn’t understand why this was an unlikely outcome but now I do. The spots and other markings are prominent in all the grandparents of the plants used to make this hybrid and most of the siblings of the parents. Both parents are individuals selected from populations of spotted siblings because they suppressed the anthocyanin pigments quite nicely. I was planning the nicest of these would be crossed back to a great grandparent species, Phal micholitzii, but I now have better clear greens to work with. These are very pretty and some are fragrant. All have short spikes.

5″ pot………….$19.00