e-spice
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I've always liked this one but it's finicky.
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Phrag. Evening Blaze
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Yoyo_Jo
Catt's Meow
Ooo, I like that. It's nice and chubby. Great color too. :clap:
John M
Orchid Addict
Love, love, love the pouch!
SlipperFan
Addicted
Love, love, love the color!
What is the cross?
What is the cross?
e-spice
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Ernie
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I REALLY like that! Honestly, I find it more pleasing than Phrag Jason Fischers. I betchya the horizontal natural spread is less, but look how full it is.
Put me on the division list, please.
Put me on the division list, please.
JeanLux
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OM.., what a fine color and a great, full shape!!!! Jean
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FlowerFaerie
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Very special.
Phrag-Plus
Well-Known Member
Very nice form and color!
Wow, that was very nice!
Yay besseae hybrids! What was "finicky" about it?
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
That's one Blaze'in flower, nice!
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Hera
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Inquiring minds want to know?????
e-spice
Well-Known Member
It's really bad about getting black leaf tips. You know, where it sends up a new growth and at about two or three inches tall, the leaves decide to start turning brown. I love phrags but that drives me crazy! They've been better since I started watering them more but I still get some with bad behavior.
e-spice
phrag guy
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very nice indeed
I like this one a lot!
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goldenrose
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:clap::clap:
John M
Orchid Addict
Try adding some extra calcium. Black leaf tips in Phrags can mean calcium deficiency. I used to have that trouble too, until I started using a fertilizer with calcium (Phostrogen) and then the problem stopped. Now, I use water from a nearby stream (in the summer) and it has some calcium; so, no need to add it in the fertilizer. However, during the cold months I use R.O. water; so, I add a little calcium nitrate to my fertilizer solution to keep the Phrags happy and leaftip-dieback-free.
e-spice
Well-Known Member
Try adding some extra calcium. Black leaf tips in Phrags can mean calcium deficiency. I used to have that trouble too, until I started using a fertilizer with calcium (Phostrogen) and then the problem stopped. Now, I use water from a nearby stream (in the summer) and it has some calcium; so, no need to add it in the fertilizer. However, during the cold months I use R.O. water; so, I add a little calcium nitrate to my fertilizer solution to keep the Phrags happy and leaftip-dieback-free.
Thanks for the tip John! The MSU fertilizer I used does have some calcium. I don't use it anywhere near full strength so they may not be getting enough. Wonder if a little oyster shell on top of the medium would help?
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