Sunday, March 29, 2009

New Hybrids in bloom

Many people have asked me to publish photographs of my new hybrid orchids.


I have chosen a few that are of show quality and I hope you will like them. I propagate by seed and therefore almost every bloom is not identical. Some may be similar but mostly they will not be identical unless it is propagated by meristem. I have chosen the best from the ones that are in bloom and more often than not later blooms are of better quality.
These new hybrids have not been registered yet and in due time I will have them registered with the Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) in London





P violacea 'Alba' x P Ho's Green Wave



Pollinated on March 2003 and first bloomed in December 2007. Petals and sepals are white in colour. Column and lip are also white while the side-lopes are yellow. Flower measures 4cm x 4cm . A showy flower.



R332 P Valerie Ang X P Valentinii 'Red'
This hybrid was pollinated on 29 May 2006 and it bloomed on 12 October 2008. Flower measures 5cm x 4.5 cm. The Petals and sepals are dark red with a bit of yellow at the tips.
Column is white in color, the sie-lopes are yellow and lip dark red. A very free blooming plant.





R310 P Billy Wang x P Penang Jewel


Pollinated on 11 October 2005 and gave its first bloom on 23 January 2009. Petals and sepals are greenish yellow in colour. Subsequent blooms show different degrees of yellow and green. Some are more green whilst some are more toward yellow. As green coloured phalaenopsis is more in demand this is a sort after plant. Column and lip is white whilst side-lopes are yellow. This is also an easy bloomer.








R231 P Tan Lee Moy x P Penang Ruby
Pollinated on 20 May 2004 and gave its first bloom on 25 Febuary 2008. Flower measures 5.5cm x 5.5.cm. Petals and sepals are violet/red in colour with very fine concentric lines. The concentric lines are very fine and connot be distinguished from a distance. Column is white and side lopes are yellow. The violacea-like lip is also the same colour as the petals. The plant needs to be very matured before it blooms.







R346 D taurinum x D Penang Little Magic
(Registered in name of ROBERT PATRICK IAN BALHETCHET)

Pollinated In October 2006 and gave its first bloom on 21 Febuary 2009.
Its petals and lips resemble D taurinum and is red/brown in color.
It measures 4cm x 4 cm .
Column is white with purple streaks.
As one of the parent plant is D Penang Little Magic ( ofspring of D caronii) the actual plant is less than 12 inch high making it a perfect plant to grow in space restricted areas.





R18 P Hsu Li-Shian x P Tan Lee Moy
Pollinated in June 2001 it first blomed in August 2004.
The flower measures 4.5cm x 5 cm. The petals and sepals have a base of light yellow/orannge colour with darker brown/orange markings spread gradually especially in the center. Column and side lopes are yellow. The lip is also yellow with a bit of purple at its tip. Some subsequent blooms are genetically more inclined towards P Tan Lee Moy and therefore they are redder in color.







R205 D Tan Kheng Liang x
D tangerinum (Registered in name of Lee Wai Qeen)


Polinated on May 2004 and first bloomed on 18 March 2008.
Flower measures 7cm x 5 cm. Petals are formed with a 4 1/2 twist and are copper brown in color. The column is purplish and lip is coper brown with purple strips in the center. A show quality plant.









R323 D Tan Kheng Liang x D Lim Loong Keng


Polinated in May 2006 and first bloomed on 3 January 2009.
The flower measures 7cm x 4 cm. The petals are formed with 3 1/2 twist and are copper brown in color. Sepals are yellow with copper brown stripes. The lip is brown with purple vertical stripes in the center. This plant is over 2ft in height. A show quality plant.











R322 D Ong-Ang Ai Boon x D Tan Kheng Liang

Polinated In May 2006 and bloomed on 25 Dec 2008.
Flower measures 7cm x 5cm.
Petals are formed with 3 twists and are brownish red in color. The sepals are yellow with brown stripes. Lip, column and side lopes are about the same color as the petals giving it a rather uniform color.
Plant is normally more than 2 ft high and spikes are long with very showy flowers.

It takes at least 1 and half years for dendrobiun and 3 years for phaleanopsis to bloom ( ie From pollination to harvest of pod 2-10 months, Seed flasking to deflask 6-18 months, seedlings to flower 8-24 months). To date I have done about 700 crossings.






R153 D cochloides x D strebloceros


A very showy dendrobium. Flower measures 7cm x 5 cm. The Petals are dark brown in colour (Like P cochloides) while the sepals are grenish yellow with light brown stripes (like D strebloceros) Colum is light green/yellow , side-lopes are dark brown and like is also brown with light yellow patch in the center.
Pollinated on 20 December 2003 it gave its first bloom on 18 August 2007.










R15 P Ambonosa x P Su-An Cricket
A star-shaped flower measuring 4.5cm x 5cm. Petal and sepals are yellow in colour with sparce concentric lines which looks like dots when viewed at a distance. Column and lips are white' Side-lopes are white with yellow at its tips. Pollinated on 21 September 2001 and bloomed in July 2005. Free flowering with many flowers on a single spike.









R74 P Joy Musical Notation 'Joseph Wu" x Kuok Perk Harn
Pollinated on 21 September 2001 and gave its first bloom on 21 January 2005. Flower is very round as both parent plants are very round. measures 5.5cm x 5.5 cm. As both parents have P amboinensis in their blood, it therefore has similiar features as P amboinensis. The base colour is yellowidh white with thick dark brown concentric lines. Column and lip are white while the sid-lopes are yellow. A show quality plant .







R328 P Billy Wang 'Green' x P cornu cervi 'Alba'

A star shaped flower that resembles P cornu cervi. Flower measures 4cm x 4cm. Petals and sepals are yellow/green in colour. The green or yellow colour depends on whether its genetic makeup is more aligned to which parent. As I have mentioned before green phals are more in demand (so is blue). Colum and lip are white and side-lopes are yellow in colour.












P321 P Billy Wang 'Green' x P Su-An Cricket


Flower is star-shaped and measures 53m x 4.5 cm. Petals and sepals are greenish yellow in color. Both column and side-lopes are yellow and lip is white. Like R328 some of subsequent bloom are more greenish. Very showy hybrid.