"Innisfail breeder Rik Kelder... As far as he knows, the bloom is a world-first. Mr Kelder has spent 20 years breeding hybrids in greenhouses behind his home and says this one is an inexplicable mutation...
The plant has been cross-bred from... grammatophyllum... and a cymbidium species native to Australia. "I've done that many times, but this has no resemblance to the others at all," Mr Kelder said. ... The orchid looks most like a straight cymbidium, which only flowers in cooler climates but the national herbarium has confirmed its pollen structure is completely different, he said. Mr Kelder is going to clone the plant at the end of its flowering and then mass produce it." URL : http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/06/03/4309_local-news.html ****************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
