Someday I'll be like the rest of you experienced growers posting pictures once something is fully open. But I'm too excited to do that this time, because after about a year and a half of being into slipper orchids, I'm getting my first phrag bloom!
This is Phrag Eric Young (1/2 flava) from Orchids Ltd. It's my only phrag sheath that made it through the recent thrips debacle, which you can see evidence of on the sheath and other areas.
My only concern at this point is that it is still a single growth. I'm trusting that it will push a growth during or after this bloom cycle, but I'm also not opposed to trimming the bloom early to help the plant out. It does have an excellent root system.
This is Phrag Eric Young (1/2 flava) from Orchids Ltd. It's my only phrag sheath that made it through the recent thrips debacle, which you can see evidence of on the sheath and other areas.
My only concern at this point is that it is still a single growth. I'm trusting that it will push a growth during or after this bloom cycle, but I'm also not opposed to trimming the bloom early to help the plant out. It does have an excellent root system.
