Thanks Rob!

The only thing written on the label is: Paph. Maudiae
Thank you for the link!

Claude


"Rob Halgren" wrote in message
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| claude wrote:
|
| hello everyone!
|
| It was my meeting yesterday ( Orchidophiles de Montréal ) and I bought
the
| following:
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| Dtps. Neapolitan Charm
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| Paph. Maudiae
|
| I can`find any pictures for the first one ( it is very young ) as well as
| for the Paph. I did a search with google for Paph. Maudiae and I only
found
| Paph. maudiae X .......
| There was no Paph Maudiae.
| Does that exist ? What does it look like?
|
|
| Not only does Paph. Maudiae exist, it is older than dirt. In fact,
| it is (if I recall) one of the oldest man-made orchid hybrids.
| Registered in 1900 by Charleworth &Co. Didn't look hard enough, here is
| a link to one on my webpage
| (http://www.msu.edu/~halgren/Pictures/Maudiae.JPG).
|
| For all its age, it is still an excellent Paph. hybrid, and the
| classic 'ice green' paph sold at florists world wide. Maudiae "The
| Queen" is still among the best of this breeding. "Maudiae Type
| Breeding" is actually what we call an entire class of paph hybrids.
| There have been some improvements to the maudiae type in recent decades,
| and Maudiae itself has been remade a few times. I don't think they have
| improved much on "The Queen" AM/RHS (awarded in the 60's I think) AM/AOS
| (The American Orchid Society got into the act in the 80s), but they have
| added in some nice colors.
|
| You should be pleased with it. No guessing what color form you
| have, unless it says on the label. They have remade it with vinicolor
| parents, coloratum parents, albinistic parents... But they remake it
| because it works.
|
| Rob
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