Cirila Alca-finally!

[Bjorn]

Got some plants from Peruflora in June 2011, all looked great and I immediately potted them up. Somehow, something was not to their liking, their growth has not been what I expected (its me to blame). Nevertheless, that import has been a mixed blessing. One plant stood out though, being vigorous, but failed to bloom until now. It was a Cirila Alca, and here it is.

Quite nice, but it has now faded, the humidity is far too high, 85-100%RH so all flowers get spots fairly fast. There is another flower coming though. This Picture was uploaded using http://img.acianetmedia.com/
that Ozpaph directed me to in another (unvoluntarily) thread. Thanks, seems to work nice and easy. No need for Imageshack etc!

 

[Dido]

looks great thanks for sharing

 

[SlipperKing]

Definitely standing out NOW!!!

 

[phrag guy]

very nice

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

That has very nice shape Glad it bloomed for you!

 

[eteson]

Good shape and nice coloration. I'm waiting for the first bloom of mines.

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae v. dalessandroi hybrids!
Can you post a photo of the plant, please?

 

[Erythrone]

Wonderful!

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Quite beautiful. I'm not a fan of the color, but I do like the shape of the bloom. As kovachii hybrids go, the shape on yours is rather nice. Congrats. While I've read time and time again that kovachii is a slow grower (or at least slow to adapt initially), so far all but one of the kovachii hybrids I've owned has been just as vigorous as any other phrag hybrid.

 

[abax]

On my monitor, the bloom looks salmon-pink and I adore it. The color
is unusual and the shocking red stripes set the color off beautifully. I'd
love to have this plant in my collection.

 

[Ozpaph]

I like the colour, too. A bit different and not wishy-washy.

 

[SlipperFan]

I think this hybrid is one of the nicest of the kovachii crosses.

 

[Ghosthunt64]

I'm glad to see that it should be such a good one to survive. Extremely vivid; intriguing form.

 

[Bjorn]

Yay besseae v. dalessandroi hybrids!
Can you post a photo of the plant, please?

I have a far too high humidity Level in my green-house so all flowers gets crapped-up with botrytis very quickly. After the initial photo, the flower has also faded and wrinkeled, but I guess that is expected. The light in this picture is not good , probablytoo much HPS

After all I do this more for the challenge of growing than for the quality of the flowers.

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for posting. How many growths was it when you got it?

 

[Bjorn]

Frankly, I do not remember, but its one of these guys
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21559&page=2
believe it must be the limestone guy.

 

[NYEric]

"the Ciricla Alca was a two-lead." Answered.