Hybridizing with Phalaenopsis Species
by Bill Livingston
Phalaenopsis lindenii
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Flowers of this species are quite small, but there are numerous striped flowers per inflorescence, each a whitish color with a suffusion of light rose over all segments. Small rose-colored dots can be found at the base of sepals and petals with unusual deep rose striping on a spade-shaped lip which distinguishes it from other species. A small number of imported clones appeared not too many years ago, and the sepals and petals, as well as the lip, had very deep rose-colored stripes which gave us our "peppermint stripes". Poor fertility is a characteristic for some clones. A quality plant will have short spikes with flowers which will last for a long time. Occasionally a peloric form will appear on secondary spikes. Hybridizers have made good use of this species in creating a number of cute, small-flowered multifloral pot plants which are worth using for hybridizing.
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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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