New Blooms (P cornu-cervi 'Chattaladae'

R447 P cornu-cervi fma. chattaladae

There are a lot of orchid nurseries in Thailand selling this specie and many of my friends who bought the thumbpots found out later that they have been cheated. Many turned out to be normal P cornu-cervi with its bars and all and those who are luckier may get a P thalebanii instead. P cornu-cervi fma. chattaladae is only found in Northern Thailand around Chiengmai and it's quite rare. I suspect that the Thai growers cross P cornu cervi 'chattaladae' with a darker form of P cornu-cervi (maybe thalebanii) and if you are lucky you will get a few red form plants, otherwise you will end up with one that looks like thalebanii.

I bought a few mature plants from a nursery in Chiengmai in late 2007 and when it bloomed, I managed to pollinate and propagated about 200 plants from a seed pod.

Three of the siblings flowered recently and out of the three one of them is quite dark red in color.

I have in my farm, many forms of P cornu cervi eg alba form, thalebanii, 4n, langkawi variety, Sabah variety, and normal Malaysian variety.

Phal cornu-cervi 'Thalebanii'