What distinguishes between paphs and phrags? was Greenhouse
Hi, Ted,
I've listened to a few paph/phrag lectures, including those of Harold Koopowitz, and they all seem to define the basic difference between the paph and the phrag as old world vs. new world. I don't know about the cypripedium as I believe some species are found in Asia. I don't recall anyone mentioning the chromosome thing. In as far as wetness, both seem to enjoy wet feet. Regarding the following: Is such variability in the flowers normal for phrags in particular, or for lady's slippers in general? Yes, I have heard this said of paphs: also that cloning doesn't work with them (so reproduction from seed is the only means of propagating them). Although I have few phrags and paphs, I find coloration pretty consistent in most phrags and paphs with exception of Bessesae hybrids (an observation). I have also observed that hybrids in general are more inconsistent than species when it comes to coloration. .. . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Byers wrote: "Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... setting it too deep. What you gain in thermal efficiency, you lose in light. For me, that isn't a bad thing, my chosen orchids are pretty low light (paphs and phrags, mainly). If you are a vanda grower in the I have a question for you. I have only one paph and one phrag, both presently being kept with my phals and appartently doing nicely, so my question may just be a reflection of naivety, but I can't tell the difference betwen paphs, phrags and cypripediums (are there others in the cypripedium alliance?). One grower told me that these three, at least, are from different parts of the world and have different numbers of chromosomes, and that phrags like to be just a little wetter than paphs. Finally, he said that intergeneric crosses involving these genera never work (which would be no surprise if they have different numbers of chromosomes), and also that cloning doesn't work with them (so reproduction from seed is the only means of propagating them). Is this true? Are there morphological differences that I can look for that will allow me to tell each genus from the others? WRT the one phrag I have, it is a first bloom seedling, presently on its second flower (i.e. the second flower on the first inflorescence it has ever produced), and it seems to me this flower is quite different from the first on the same inflorescence. The first had MUCH richer colours, pink and yellow, while the second seems to have the same colours but mostly washed out. Also, the laterial petals on the first (they are petals aren't they, and not the sepals?) were quite flat while on the second they are twisted like a cork screw. The top sepal on both was and is quite flat. Is such variability in the flowers normal for phrags in particular, or for lady's slippers in general? Cheers, Ted |
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