Glen Decker, Piping Rock Orchids, was one of the small group of people who were critical to the legal export of Phragmipedium kovachii and its early hybrids from Peru. In 2011, Alfredo Manrique, owner of Centro de Jardineria Manrique in Lima, Peru registered Phragmipedium Glen Decker as (Jason Fischer x kovachii). The cross is 50% kovachii, 37.5% besseae, and 12.5% sargentianum.
The parents of a Glen Decker cross determine the size, shape, and coloration of the resulting plants so there is good variability in all of these characteristics in the online pictures of Phrag. Glen Decker. My version of Phrag. Glen Decker was made by Orchids Limited as (Jason Fischer ‘Red Hawk’ x kovachii) but I don’t know which particular kovachii they used.
This is the fifth blooming of my plant. This photo was taken outside in 10:00 am sun to try and get the natural color. The flower is cupped forward modestly, limiting the NS width to 9.5 cm. If it were flat it might reach 11.0 cm. An AM-awarded Glen Decker was measured at 12.0 cm width. The lower half of my flower has always had the sharp change in coloration.
The parents of a Glen Decker cross determine the size, shape, and coloration of the resulting plants so there is good variability in all of these characteristics in the online pictures of Phrag. Glen Decker. My version of Phrag. Glen Decker was made by Orchids Limited as (Jason Fischer ‘Red Hawk’ x kovachii) but I don’t know which particular kovachii they used.
This is the fifth blooming of my plant. This photo was taken outside in 10:00 am sun to try and get the natural color. The flower is cupped forward modestly, limiting the NS width to 9.5 cm. If it were flat it might reach 11.0 cm. An AM-awarded Glen Decker was measured at 12.0 cm width. The lower half of my flower has always had the sharp change in coloration.
