Extraordinarily beautiful flowers have been created by combining diverse parents, as the above hybrid demonstrates. While delicately brushed and patterned with pastel colors, the flower size is tremendous, nearing 14 centimeters, while the seedling from which the flower was produced had only a slightly larger leaf span! Some of this grex have actually flowered while still in compot with their fellow seedlings, making 'novelty hybrids' a rewarding goal: flowers are often larger than either parent, plant growth is rapid and size is generally compact (unless one choses to incorporate parent plants from the Corypetalum group), and what hybrids have been produced in this group promise a kaleidascope of new color combinations for the discriminating Paph grower who appreciates both the beauty of species and the uniqueness of the Novelty Paphiopedilums.
