Phal fimbriata

[Trithor]

Abax writes;

Another small species Phal. I thought you
might enjoy seeing a lousy photo of my
prolific plant.

Angela

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[abax]

I just realized that the ceiling fan was blowing the flowers all over the
place. Very sorry for the incredibly awful photo. Thank you again, Gary.

 

[Secundino]

The photo may be awful - but the plant is awesome Great growing!

 

[paphioboy]

Very well grown and bloomed! Fantastic..

 

[SlipperFan]

Wow, Angela -- very impressive!

 

[abax]

This species Phal. is impressive without my help to be truthful. I don't do
much.

 

[naoki]

Nice healthy plants with tons of flowers, Angela! That's a pretty rare species in the US, isn't it? It is difficult to see from the photo, but it looks like it is lower altitude variety (with wider petals). I think lower altitude variety is even rarer. Would you mind of selfing it and sending it to Troy Meyers?

 

[Trithor]

Very attractive blooms on a well grown plant. Well done Angela. If you do self it, please keep a bit of seed for me, I would love to grow a few flasks of this.

 

[abax]

I will give it a go in the spring. The fim. blooms profusely, but only once
in the spring. I've only tried one selfing and it was a bomb. These flowers
are quite small. Gary, might you suggest using a toothpick or a small brush? Nurse me along on this when it's time and you can have
all the seeds.

naoki, I've never seen another one anywhere and I got it from Dwayne Dowery in a
shipment he received from his Malay connection and emailed me about it. He didn't
get many of them. For all I know it may be quite common in its native habitat.

I really, really miss Dwayne and hope he is well. Has anyone heard anything about
him since he closed his business?

 

[Paphman910]

Very attractive blooms on a well grown plant. Well done Angela. If you do self it, please keep a bit of seed for me, I would love to grow a few flasks of this.

Me too!
:drool::drool::drool:

 

[Trithor]

I have always found a toothpick to work well. I cut the tip a bit flatter to make it easier to apply the pollen. If the pollen is dry and crumbly I wet the toothpick with a bit of medicinal grade glycerol (it helps the pollen stick if it is a bit dry)

 

[cnycharles]

I'd be very interested in seed as well. I used to have two plants. I believe one came from Dwayne, not sure where I got the other. Very nice plant!


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[Susie11]

Nice one.

 

[NYEric]

Dwayne/Dowery was a good source for unusual plants. Hope he still has them and will one day start selling again.

 

[SlipperFan]

Dwayne/Dowery was a good source for unusual plants. Hope he still has them and will one day start selling again.

I agree.

 

[abax]

Add my wish to that as well. I don't think he will. He's looking after all
his animals and the farm by himself now and that's a full-time job.

 

[cnycharles]

I believe he sold the last of things to Jim Marlow, but Jim said most of the phals were gone by the time he came around


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