Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball

e-spice · Nov 22, 2010

A first blooming of Tom Kalina's excellent hybrid Fox Valley Fireball (Barbara Le Ann `Select' x Rosalie Dixler 'Fox Valley' AM/AOS). I really, really love it. The Fox Valley Orchids website says "Arguably one of the best dark red Phrag. besseae hybrids available today". I definitely agree with that statement. As a bonus, my experience is that it's more vigorous than Jason Fischer. Great job Tom!

e-spice

SlipperKing · Nov 22, 2010

Damn! where are those sunglasses???

SlipperFan · Nov 22, 2010

:smitten: :drool: :smitten:

Yoyo_Jo · Nov 22, 2010

Sluuuurp!!!! :drool: It's perfect!

John M · Nov 22, 2010

I agree with everybody here! That's spectacular!

phrag guy · Nov 22, 2010

that is amazing

Erythrone · Nov 22, 2010

Wounderful!

Where is the one that write "yeah...besseae hybids..."?

smartie2000 · Nov 22, 2010

Perfect shape!

NYEric · Nov 22, 2010

Erythrone said:
Wounderful!

Where is the one that write "yeah...besseae hybids..."?

Yay besseae hybrids! :rollhappy:

Mathias · Nov 22, 2010

Sweeeeeeeeet!! :drool::clap:

Gilda · Nov 22, 2010

Beautiful !!:clap:

JeanLux · Nov 23, 2010

Wow, what a shape , what a color :drool: !!!! Jean

goldenrose · Nov 23, 2010

:drool::drool: Wish mine turned out like that!

Shiva · Nov 23, 2010

Perfect, beautiful and famous. A must have for a phrag lover. :drool::drool::drool:

Bolero · Nov 23, 2010

Just about perfect. FCC anyone?

Ernie · Nov 23, 2010

I sorta remember awarding one of Tom's first blooms from this grex in Chicago a couple years back. Or it least it was on the judging table. This one is better according to my (sometimes poor) memory. Sorry Tom. Super nice!

tomkalina · Nov 23, 2010

Thanks e-spice,

While there has been some variation of shape and color saturation seen in Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball flowers (see photo of our 'Wings of Fire' clone), the over-all flower quality in the plants bloomed to date has been above average. I would encourage you to submit yours for judging if possible, as it certainly appears to have some awardable attributes.

Personally, I think the secret behind the success of the cross is the red-purple Rosalie Dixler `Fox Valley' AM/AOS used as the pollen parent. Those of you who have either OrchidWiz or the AOS AQ+ software, can see the awards photo of the RD that we used - it's as close to true blood-red as we've seen.

Thanks,

Shiva · Nov 23, 2010

Ernie said:
I sorta remember awarding one of Tom's first blooms from this grex in Chicago a couple years back. Or it least it was on the judging table. This one is better according to my (sometimes poor) memory. Sorry Tom. Super nice!

According to the latest version of OrchidWiz, this grex has never received an award. If I was the owner of the plant in this post, I would certainly have it judged. :clap:

Shiva · Nov 23, 2010

tomkalina said:
Thanks e-spice,

Personally, I think the secret behind the success of the cross is the red-purple Rosalie Dixler `Fox Valley' AM/AOS used as the pollen parent. Those of you who have either OrchidWiz or the AOS AQ+ software, can see the awards photo of the RD that we used - it's as close to true blood-red as we've seen.

Thanks,

Tom! That's one hell of a good looking RD. I also see on OrchidWiz that no Fireball offspring has been registered. Have you crossed it with anything yet? :drool:

toddybear · Nov 23, 2010

perfection!

Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball

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