Fritz Schomburg flava

[Silvan]

made with the besseae flava (or flavum. I think flavum is only for
paphs and flava for phrags ?)

Not the best shape, but it's a fun color to have in a phragmipedium
collection.

 

[bullsie]

Oooohhhh that is nice!!!

 

[Carkin]

Oh, that's my favourite shade of pink!!!

 

[mrhappyrotter]

I had to chuckle a bit when I read your post. I was going to comment that the shape is actually pretty nice for a kovachii hybrid, particularly if the flower's been open for a few days. I'm not a fan of the color (but overall I like bold versus pastel, and white/pink are generally my least favorite flower colors), but it is pretty none the less.

What caught my attention is how compact the foliage appears to be compared to most of the Fritz Schomburgs I've seen. For that reason alone, I'd probably keep the plant.

 

[SlipperFan]

I love that color. I'd be happy with that shape.

 

[abax]

On my monitor, the color looks to be a peachy pink and quite unusual. I
think it's very pretty.

 

[Ozpaph]

I like the colour.
Flava vs flavum depends on the latin 'root' (not sure I explained it well) not on the genus.

 

[Silvan]

I had to chuckle a bit when I read your post. I was going to comment that the shape is actually pretty nice for a kovachii hybrid, particularly if the flower's been open for a few days. I'm not a fan of the color (but overall I like bold versus pastel, and white/pink are generally my least favorite flower colors), but it is pretty none the less.

What caught my attention is how compact the foliage appears to be compared to most of the Fritz Schomburgs I've seen. For that reason alone, I'd probably keep the plant.

I know what you mean. I wasn't a fan of light pink flowers, until I flower
this plant. It has the velvety/leathery texture particular to kovachii x crosses
and you just can't miss it a mile away! lol
As for the shape, it opens up with this shape not like the others that on day
three it has a perfect form and looses it's "perfection" due to the flower getting bigger with time.
Most of my phrags stays compact, except for my never flowering Andean Tears and my huuuuuge Frank Smith.

 

[Silvan]

I like the colour.
Flava vs flavum depends on the latin 'root' (not sure I explained it well) not on the genus.

Thanks for the clarification... So I can use both ?

 

[Silvan]

On my monitor, the color looks to be a peachy pink and quite unusual. I
think it's very pretty.

I don't think there are any other phragmipedium with those shades of
pink... it's ...different ... funny thing is that the warmer the temp, the
darker the shade gets compared to other phrags that the color washes
off with warmer temperature.

 

[PaphMadMan]

made with the besseae flava (or flavum. I think flavum is only for
paphs and flava for phrags ?)

Slipper growers have this easy. Without going into all the rules of Latin agreement of adjectives with nouns (which I do not understand fully), since all slipper genera end in -um, a choice like flava / flavus / flavum is always -um.

 

[NYEric]

Hmmm, my previous post disappeared. ending in "um"; phragmipedium or paphiopedilum the adj also end in "um" - flavum. Yay besseae hybrids.

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Quite lovely. Reminds me of an oversized Hanne Popow!

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[Erythrone]

Thanks for the clarification... So I can use both ?

Yes, like Eric said, you must write flavum for genus endinging in "um":

Ex: Phragmipedium besseae f. flavum

And flava for genus ending in "is", "a" or "e"

Hemeracallis flava

Sophronitis cernua f. flava
Cattleya cernua f. flava


Calanthe angustifolia var. flava

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Wow! Very interesting flower and colour!

 

[SlipperKing]

You've got some really nice stuff blooming. Thanks for the view!