My new addition!

[amon]

It was my subsequently meeting yesterday ( Orchidophiles de Montréal ) & I buyed the followin:

Dtps. Once again naepolitan Charm

Paph. Maudiae

I can`inadvertently find any pictures for the first one ( it's very young ) as good as for the Paph. To be precise I did a seacrh with google for Paph. Masudiae & I only found
Paph. maudiae X .......
There was no Paph Maudiae.
Does that exist ? Basically what does it look like?

[mp414moma]

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.

[bree]

Yeah your paph flower could look like anything but it should be colourful.