Paphiopedilum album form

Album form of Paph. galucophyllum var. moquetianum
(This looks like true one!)

　　I have received photos of Paph. glaucophyllum var. moquetianum fma. flavoviride (album) from Germany. This clone must be true one because we can not pick up any doubt.


	Paph. moquetinum fma. album from Germany. The silhouette of this album formed flower is the same as it of the normal form. And the shape of staminode is the same too.

	*Paph. glaucophyllum var. moquetianum fma. flavoviride* was described by Dr. G. Braem. This clone is not the same one as the above. Unfortunately we can not see the shape of staminode from this photo.
The state of things about Paph. glaucophyllum album in Japan : I can not remember in detail when it was......we imported the flasks of Paph. glaucophyllum album ｘself from some country in south east Asia. Yes, I remember I have bought too. After several years, the plants began to be flowered and rumor had it that the flower were not true Paph. glaucophyllum. Some nurseries sold them as Paph. chamberainianum album. 　Some day, about a few years before, several flowers of this seedlings that I gifted to my friends before have exhibited on the show table of Japan Paphiopedilum Association at the same time. So we discussed to identify this seedlings comparing those flowers. Finally, we identified this seedlings were not Paph. glaucophyllum and must be hybrids concerning with Paph. primulinum according to the reason as follows. 1) The silhouette of flowers was not similar to it of Paph. glaucophyllum but was similar to Paph. primulinum or Paph. Pinocchio if anything. 2)　The shape of staminode was different each other and was similar to Paph. primulinum 's that was identified easily. Almost of all were different from Paph. glaucophyllum's. But only one had the staminode that was similar to Paph. glaucophyllum (the photo bellow). When those false glaucophyllum album would be required to be judged, many judges will be annoyed. But this statements don't always mean all of Paph. glaucophyllum f. album in Japan are false. When you want to check the false, I advice you to check the shape of staminode at the first.

Compare of staminodes (From 'Paphiopedilum' by Dr. P. Cribb)	The false of Paph. glaucophyllum f. album. The dorsal sepal is the smaller that will be primulinum type. But the shape of staminode is similar to that of Paph. glaucophyllum that will be happen in some clones from the seedlings.

From these reason, the clone of *Paph. glaucophyllum var. moquetianum fma. flavoviride* that was introduced from Germany must be true one, I guess. When you have some comments, please send to me (Tanaka).

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