kovachii

[troy]

I was missinformed

 

[SlipperFan]

What a wonderful pouch!

 

[Ozpaph]

wonky but pretty

 

[NYEric]

Pk have been available since before they were identified and named, though not in the USA.
I agree that the difference between the previous bloom and this one are due to warmer temps. Oh well, still nice.

 

[Achamore]

Pk have been available since before they were identified and named, though not in the USA.

Are you implying that Kovach simply was the first person bold enough to show it to botanical authorities? I haven't heard this part of the story.

 

[Kostas]

Very nice!!! In what medium are you growing it and how wet do you keep it? I see moss, so I guess you keep it constantly wet/moist

 

[Silvan]

Very nice!!! In what medium are you growing it and how wet do you keep it? I see moss, so I guess you keep it constantly wet/moist

I grow this kovachii in a mix of rockwool and diatomite (1:1). I water with
tap water three times per week most of the year and twice per week in winter.
Weak fertilizer about once a week (in between watering) with anything that I feel like my phrags needs on that particular day . And from time to time I foliar feed. For some reason kovachii seems to like getting their leaves wet (they straighten up). That's about it.

 

[Kostas]

Thank you very much Silvan! Do you sit the pot in water or only water it 3 times a week?

 

[Silvan]

Thank you very much Silvan! Do you sit the pot in water or only water it 3 times a week?

You're welcome Kostas.

I keep my kovachiis and all the hybrids made with this species standing in water
at all time. I change the water in the saucer when I water or after a week if it didn't drink it all up. Sometimes I wonder the usefulness of doing this since the media is already saturated with water. But the overall look of the plant looks healthier when it's standing in water for some reason..

As for watering, as long as you don't let the media dry out, you'll be ok. I grow in the basement under lights, so it's a bit different from growing plants outside or in living quarters.

How old is your plant?

 

[Kostas]

I do the same with mine and I also see a marked difference between a saturated media and when the pot is standing in water, so I try to make sure I keep water in the saucer most of the time. I need to water daily or every other day to keep water in the pot as it drinks it up real fast with the summer heat and breeze. I plan to bring it inside in late fall again for the winter but I am also contemplating whether it would be best to keep it inside in heatwave so as it slows down a lot with the high summer heat compared to the growth rate I get with 25C

My plant is around 4-5years old I think but I got it in late spring (with a severe case of Erwinia which I managed to cure). It looks great but isn't too close to flowering yet