Odm Ken Armour 'Bold One'

[MrCym]

This hybrid has become really popular as a parent especially in Hawaii.

[richardb]

Looks a bit of a jumble to me. Good sepals and petals but the lip does not look right - even magnified it looks a bit blurred so maybe image has just caught air movement at the wrong time or camera shake.

[wolfman]

So, Andy - does this impart a bit of WT onto its progeny, is it WT itself ?

And what about one of its parent, Odm. Serendipity ? This one is regularly on offer, eg. from Red Fox Orchids in Caboolture; I find it to be a very dainty little beauty, quite different to the normally much more rounded out hybrids and would like to breed with it.

[MrCym]

I suspect it does. Richard didn't like the lip but it's a perky thing and the lip is certainly not its strength. It grows easily and has been used a lot by the Hawaiians. I have a couple of crosses coming along of hybrids with it, made by Bob Hamilton.

[wolfman]

Sounds good to me, Andy. So I’ll try to get a few plants and work with them - I like the more open, but not too spidery shape. “Dinner plates”, aka the classical Charlesworth Premier types, while still extremely pretty, here in Australia either come in my very much despised “cream yellow & brown” colour combo (this is “oh so 70ies…”), or as pure Odm. crispum (aka Pacho, Fusa, or Premier types), which so far I have not been able to grow successfully and get “across the line”. More interesting for me is the variation of shapes “below” the Odm. crispum “Premier” Type - much more interesting and innovative in my view.

Let’s see how we go - I’ll keep you posted !