Last month I imported two boxes of new kovachii hybrids from Alfredo Manrique in Peru.
Potted in 4" pots the plants are establishing well.
Potted in 4" pots the plants are establishing well.
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New Phrag kovachii hybrids.
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Looking good. What are the new crosses?
Luis Matienzo
(Elizabeth Castle x Fritz Schomburg)
Emanuel Shaddai
(Elizabeth Castle x Susanne Decker
Midalit Medina
(kovachii x Grame Jones 'Jessica')
Aparicio
(Hanne Popow x Grame Jones 'Alexa')
Memoria Marisa Rolando (kovachii x Hanne Popow)
Ingrid Suarez
(kovachii x humboltii)
(schlimii x Grame Jones 'Alexa')
kovachii (kovachii 'Maria x kovachii 'Daniela')
Wow. Those look and sound great!
I love Grame Jones. Looking forward to seeing a bloom of Midalit Medina.
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Will any be for sale???
Hello, my friend!! 
Eventually yes.
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Are they continuing to settle in without issues? I was trying to figure out what you are using for media, looks like straight live sphagnum and a bit of oyster shell dressing?
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Looking good! Remember us when they’re older…
Or whenever you run out of space. I would happily find room... somewhere.
Yes they are adapting quite well. The media is Geolite, a type of expanded clay. I have a layer of sphagnum moss about a half inch thick covering the media surface to encourage new basal root initiation. Powdered oyster shell is applied to the surface periodically.
How could I forget!Looking good! Remember us when they’re older…
About the sphagnum moss... It is technically not alive, purchased dry. The green coloring is algae growth . The moss is Peruvian sphagnum which is sun dried and will eventually generate new
growth.
The moss environment of the surface layer really does encourage rapid root growth for Phrags.
growth.
The moss environment of the surface layer really does encourage rapid root growth for Phrags.
Thanks for this detail. Where does one source Peruvian moss? The sphagnum moss I use is local from Maryland. Would be interested to see if the phrags respond differently to the Peruvian moss. Would be happy to send some of mine your way if you have any available for barter!
There is one company in Peru licensed to collect and export the moss. It is collected from rock surfaces rather than bogs and it actually has orchids growing in it. When we lived in Peru I collected it live in the cloud forest and I also purchased the processed moss from the licensed company. Both performed equally well.
Now that I'm back in California I found a source on Amazon
Now that I'm back in California I found a source on Amazon
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