Hybridizing with Phalaenopsis Species
by Bill Livingston
Phalaenopsis fuscata
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Flowers are yellow with the basal half to two-thirds of the sepals and petals covered with a large brown blotch, and the lip is also marked with brown. Some hybrids have produced tawny pink flowers while other hybrids are yellow overlaid with spots and stripes, and with the lip generally showing a pattern or markings. These species were very slow and difficult to grow. Both P. kunstleri and P. fuscata have poor shape and their hybrids pick up this characteristic.
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This article which has been reprinted here with permission, originally appeared in the Volume 66, Number 4 edition of Orchid Digest, (Oct-Dec 2002), which is a Special Edition that highlights Phalaenopsis, and also features an excellent article on Phal culture by the Tuskes. The Phalaenopsis Special Edition of Orchid Digest can be ordered from Orchid Digest for $22. Highly recommended.
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are copyright 2002 by Orchid Digest Corporation.
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