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I especially like the pouch on the Ecuagenera Dream. I have some young flasklings, but it’s going be awhile before I see flowers. Happy New Year, George!

My C. percivaliana bloomed for the holiday. The snap doesn’t do it justice; I was just walking around with my phone yesterday. Happy New Year!

Congratulations Rob❗ I have, over a short time frame, been trying to grow some up from various flasks, too. No luck yet, but you give me hope.

Merry Christmas, Tom, and all of you delightful Phrag fans out there! Kate

I love schlimii. Gives you a lot to look at and quite floriferous as the plant matures. Thanks for sharing yours.

That’s a great group of phrags! I don’t do Facebook, so I appredicate you sharing them here!

Very nice!

Looks fantastic - I especially love its pouch!!! I’m trying to grow up a flask of these, but I have a looong way to go.

Hi Tom, I think David probably hit the nail on the head. There were so many great whites in the day, they could not all be judged. C. Bow Bells ‘Honolulu’, which I understand to be the pod parent of the 1950 Bob Betts cross, was never judged. Best, Kate

The Bob Betts grex has 66 AOS awarded cultivars, including 2 FCCs, mostly in the 50s and 60s, the most awarded of any of Bow Bells progeny. White Lightning is not one of them .

Alright, you all are probably right, but I would kind of expect more undulation in the dorsal sepal from fairrieanum and that staminode is really something. So to be a contrarian (and get us to 10), Ill go with canhii x javanicum f. virens.

No, of course no hackles. I think it's kind of cool.

THE Mr. James Michael Kovach?

I just watched for the first time. Great talk!

I have read that all early Bob Betts were tetraploids (and another Clint McDade story, about the mossiae pollen parent not really being mossiae, if you’re interested) and the sib crosses and selfings were even better. I would suspect your plant is a tetraploid.

Nice shape, particularly the pouch! Too soon to say about size, given the challenges, but well done on the save!

Hi David, I believe there is a high likelihood that it is a mericlone. I have a very distinct memory of seeing row after row of C. Bob Betts ‘White Lightning’ in 10-inch pots at Orchids by Hausermanns in Illinois in 1979. It was an experience that literally changed the course of my life. My...

A joy!

Wow - that’s a big one and super-healthy looking! I will patiently await the crowning glory (like all Paph growers and admirers must).

Hi Leslie, It’s a decent, but not exceptional, size for the sandowae (album) form of charlesworthii. The dorsal is 5.7 cm wide and 5.0 vertically. Overall, the natural spread of the flower is 8.0 wide. If I could improve it even slightly next go around, I would consider taking it in for...