Hybrid seedling plant in a 50mm tube.
Is this cucullata or appendiculata, this does bloom with 4 flowers…so leaning toward appendiculata. But will need a taxonomist to be 100% sure. So how cool is this? These plants have been treated with oryzalin to help induce higher ploidy, the ones that convert to 4n will be exceptional
Imported Seedling from Sunset Valley Orchids, USA. Picture shows the parent of this cross. The above description was written by Fred Clarke and details the expectation of this hybrid.
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