Introducing Phragmipedium kovachii 'Deep Purple' FCC

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Well here she is! I named her Deep Purple for one of my favorite bands while in high school. Dates me doesn't it!
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It is a Chuck Acker cross that I purchased from Mike here on the forum. Jason contacted Chuck Acker with the cross number and Chuck provided the parents.
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What's gonna happen to the pollen?
I selfed it with some, crossed onto my Eucagenera Dream AM/AOS with some and left the rest with Jason. It's quite vigorous as it already has two small starts that are about an inch tall! I expect in about another year I'll have more. Fingers crossed!
 
91 points! 91???? My goodness. That just has to be, square centimeter by square centimeter, one of the best kovachii I have ever laid my eyes 👀 on! WOW!
What more can I say? I would have killed to be on that team. The saturation of color, the broad dorsal, etc. Where did they take 9 points from??? Where indeed.

The only nit pick I have is ‘Deep Purple’! Wasn’t Prince from Minnesota? I might have gone “Purple Rain” or “When Doves Cry”!
 
91 points! 91???? My goodness. That just has to be, square centimeter by square centimeter, one of the best kovachii I have ever laid my eyes 👀 on! WOW!
What more can I say? I would have killed to be on that team. The saturation of color, the broad dorsal, etc. Where did they take 9 points from??? Where indeed.

The only nit pick I have is ‘Deep Purple’! Wasn’t Prince from Minnesota? I might have gone “Purple Rain” or “When Doves Cry”!
 
Sorry for the double post. Just as I hit post reply, my power went out. By the time cable and internet came back up, I noticed the double post.
A warm front is coming through and it is really windy all of a sudden.
 
She’s gorgeous, Congrats! What fantastic timing to have it just open for judging. Well done 👏 , especially in all this cold weather to jump through all these obstacles.

Thanks for sharing the cross info. I picked up a few CA874’s, not sure if it’s the same flask but they have the same parents and were also from Mike (Orchid527). Looking forward to growing these out now that there is an FCC in the mix.
 
She’s gorgeous, Congrats! What fantastic timing to have it just open for judging. Well done 👏 , especially in all this cold weather to jump through all these obstacles.

Thanks for sharing the cross info. I picked up a few CA874’s, not sure if it’s the same flask but they have the same parents and were also from Mike (Orchid527). Looking forward to growing these out now that there is an FCC in the mix.
The original tag that came in the plant does say CA874. I purchased it from Mike in April of 2023. I also have another purchased at the same time from Mike and that tag says CA735. That one has two growths and I believe I can see an early indication of a sheath in one of the growths.
 
The original tag that came in the plant does say CA874. I purchased it from Mike in April of 2023. I also have another purchased at the same time from Mike and that tag says CA735. That one has two growths and I believe I can see an early indication of a sheath in one of the growths.
Yes, I also picked up two of the CA735’s from Mike around May of 2023 when I got the others. However, my CA735 tags are blank on the parent names. Great growing! I set mine back a bit, I moved them directly to a 1 gallon net basket and not the best location.. they struggled for a to put on growth but are now humming along with new growths. Might be another few cycles before they establish their roots to be strong enough to push a flower🤞.
 

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