kovachii "Big Boy"

[abax]

Oh my goodness, it's airborne and beautiful. The petal
stance is wonderful.

 

[emydura]

This is Z7135. Chester Hill X Wide Horizon.
"Chester Hill" parent is from a selfing of the "Chester Hill" FCC, an older FCC.
Wide Horizon is from OZ breeding. [Rex X Mt Millais, I believe]
We have bloomed a couple hundred of Z7135 at least, and it has been good but not stellar grex, although still very high quality.
OK, OK, OK, then "boom" this one comes out. The unpredictability makes orchid breeding so much fun.
There is another dark one, although not quite as much, from the same grex around the same time that has six flowers. Should be very close on the FB stream.
Anyway this one is carrying pods.
JC

Thanks John. That sure is a special roth.

 

[John M]

Wow! Those petals are amazing.......Congratulations!

 

[Linus_Cello]

Luckily "Mega" is in spike! And that is one of my plans.
The remake of FS with the FCC/AOS kovachii and besseae "Mega" has been one of my best sellers. So your thinking is spot on.
JC

I was thinking more that bessae "mega" and this KV may be both tetraploid, so a 4N FS would have lots of potential for future breeding (in addition to being a good seller).

 

[theorchidzone]

I agree on making a 4N FS!
But gotta sell them too.
JC

 

[JasonG]

Pre order?

 

[theorchidzone]

For those who want to know, measurements are about 16 and 9. I didn't measure the rest.

 

[trdyl]

Very nice!

 

[eteson]

John if you want I can test it for polyploidy. You only need nail polish and tape to take the samples.

 

[Paul]

Fantastic!!

I have a few plants in sheath this year (grow fast), but one has already aborted, and I suspect it will be the same for a second one. I hope the last one in new sheath will finally bloom.
What could be wrong? Too cool? too much light? too dry? too much or too little feeding?

 

[gonewild]

Fantastic!!

I have a few plants in sheath this year (grow fast), but one has already aborted, and I suspect it will be the same for a second one. I hope the last one in new sheath will finally bloom.
What could be wrong? Too cool? too much light? too dry? too much or too little feeding?

kovachi often abort their first spikes.