Hi Darlene, here is a pic. of Paphiopedilum wenshanense exhibited at a local orchid society in November by a guy who has a very large collection of Paphs.

The RHS Checklist has this as a current accepted orchid species, not a hybrid.

Sorry about the link. Paphiopedilum wenshanense

Hi Arthur - I was hoping you would respond. Maybe people are no longer referring to either as a hybrid or at least the RHS is no longer. I think the idea of differentiating between man-made and natural hybrids is a little odd. But I figured I would just roll with it. Thanks for the link also. The one pictured seems to have a deeper cream color and larger spots than mine. Possible more of the P. concolor color is coming through.

It's certainly a lovely plant no matter who it's parents are (or aren't) or...whatever. That's (in my book) acceptable variation from a cross to still be siblings.

The gods have spoken.... The RHS say that Paph. Conco-bellatulum is a hybrid and it was registered way back in 1891 while they have Paphiopedilum wenshanense on their species list, described by a botanist in 2000. (Doesn't count at all what is said at the University of Google)

As far as the natural hybrids go, I have Den. xsuperbiens with the tag like that because (I think) it was collected from the wild and given to my son when he was a Junior orchid grower ages ago.

If the cross is redone by human hand the x should go, and the label should be Den. superbiens. Note that the RHS are using lower case to denote a natural hybrid.

Awesome! Thanks for the update Arthur. I am pretty sure mine is man-made so Conco-bellatulum it is. Still feel odd to have a species name and a hybrid name for a plant that is genetically the same. But what are you going to do?

Sorry if I missed something there Arthur, but shouldn`t it then be Den. Superbiens (upper case S) for the human made plant??

Eve

Eve, this nomenclature stuff is difficult. Here is the Entry from the RHS Database.

GenusDendrobium

Epithetsuperbiens

Synonym FlagThis is not a synonym

Registrant NameThis is a natural hybrid

Originator NameThis is a natural hybrid

Hmm, I am not much into the nomenclature but my understanding of the basics always was that (man made) hybrid names start with an upper case letter and species with a lower case letter and natural hybrids have the lower case x prefix, right??

"not much into nomenclature" You are into it more than 90% of orchid growers, to them it is rocket science. As for the Right?? I am just a humble orchid grower and I just cut and pasted the above from the RHS Hybrid Register.

Go to the species checklist and the x appears again x superbiens. Together with the details of the botanist who described the plant.

A better example is Dendrobium Delicatum which is widely grown here and the nurseries keep selling seedlings which they hope will be better than existing plants. It is always listed with the capital letter. Again, most orchid growers would not know that it occurs in the wild as a natural hybrid.

Another beauty!

This is a division on a larger plant. So this division is up for trade if anyone is interested.