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Paphiopedilum gratrixianum 'MC4992' × 'ToddB'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN6582
Name: Paphiopedilum gratrixianum 'MC4992' × 'ToddB'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Richard Lockwood  (Email: rlockwood@ramboll.com)
 
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Pod Parent Flower
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Pollen Parent Flower
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Offspring 'Angel's Freckles' Flower
Offspring photos are siblings of the plants you would receive.
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Pod parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: Medium-sized plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 76°F, nights 63°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 77°F, nights 55°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of gratrixianum   Named for Mr. S. Gratrix of Manchester, England. (Source: Braem & Bakers)
Etymology of Paphiopedilum   From Greek "Paphia" the name of Aphrodite of Cypress; "pedilon", sandal. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of Paphiopedilum   paf-ee-oh-PED-i-lum (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
See if we have plants available in the greenhouse.
Yield Estimate: 600 plants (based on flask surveys done 05/13/2009 through 12/09/2009)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 20 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 10/09/2009 through 06/28/2010)
From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 60 mm (06/28/2010)
You might also want to: View the seed assay for this item.
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Laos and Vietnam. Plants were reportedly found near Pak Song, Laos, not far west of the border with central Vietnam and have been found in Thai Nguyen Province in Vietnam where they were growing in wet evergreen cloudforest for vertical bluffs of granite and other lime-free rocks at about 3300 ft. (1000 m).
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