{"id":1071,"date":"2019-05-13T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T11:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2020-08-02T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T17:36:00","slug":"how-to-distinguish-our-hybrids-from-the-parent-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1071","title":{"rendered":"How to distinguish our hybrids from the parent species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Orchis purpurea x simia (=angusticruris)<\/em> on Hartslock NR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m often asked about our Lady x Monkey orchid hybrids and visitors frequently seem confused about how to distinguish them from their parents. So here is a quick summary and discussion about them to give you some tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a summary of the features that the hybrid takes from each parent. The hybrid feature is in bold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feature<\/strong><\/td>Monkey<\/strong><\/td>Lady<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Leaf colour<\/td>grey green<\/strong><\/td>yellow green<\/td><\/tr>
Leaf shape<\/td>keeled and smooth<\/td>broad & ribbed<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Plant stature <\/td>Short and thin<\/td>tall and vigorous<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Flower colour <\/td>pink<\/strong> <\/td>red <\/td><\/tr>
Flower hood<\/td>pale and relatively unmarked<\/td>coloured with dense spotting<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Flower shape<\/td>with legs<\/strong><\/td>with a “skirt”<\/td><\/tr>
Flowering time<\/td>Last week in April<\/strong>*<\/td>First week in May<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
  • in reality the hybrids are usually a few days after the Lady orchids<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Here is a selection of hybrids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Here are the parent species: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        I’m often asked about our Lady x Monkey orchid hybrids and visitors frequently seem confused about how to distinguish them from their parents. So here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}