Phal. Mannosa

[rbedard]

RB1672 Phalaenopsis Mannosa (mannii 'Shaffer's' x venosa 'El Dorado')

I made this cross in 2006. Been growing them in an unheated greenhouse with temps into the low 30's. Get cold tolerance from mannii.

This plant has three basal keikis and 4 new flower spikes. Picture is of new flowers on last year's spike.

 

[labskaus]

Very nice!

This is pleasantly flat, unlike the one I used to grow which was pretty mannii-heavy.

 

[Wendy]

Such a nice flower. :drool:

 

[rbedard]

Very nice!

This is pleasantly flat, unlike the one I used to grow which was pretty mannii-heavy.

Thanks

You can still see mannii in the sepals, but the petals are pretty flat. Mambo has the same issue but not quite to the same degree.

 

[rbedard]

Such a nice flower. :drool:

Thank you

 

[theshatterings]

Nice to see phal primaries here : ) it's great that it's possible to grow these without heating in NorCal.

Does it smell like a venosa?

 

[rbedard]

Does it smell like a venosa?

These don't have much fragrance.

 

[hbathong]

Impressive with the flowers on old spike. Very nice

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely.

I didn't know mannii is cold-tolerant.

 

[abax]

Ooooo lovely flower and a cross I've not seen before.

 

[rbedard]

Lovely.

I didn't know mannii is cold-tolerant.

Can be. Took a couple years to get them from 50-degree nights down into the 30's. Lost the large mother plant because it still had 62-degree leaves. That part of the plant just dies; like you expect it might. Smaller plants actually adapt better. Yes, some attrition, but the ones that make it are surprisingly cold-tolerant. I grow in NZS in terra cotta on the dry side during the winter. Mannii also develops good yellow pigment at lower temps than amboinensis or venosa.

 

[rbedard]

Impressive with the flowers on old spike. Very nice

Venosa tends to do that for me also. Was hoping these would flower successively like Mambo; haven't been growing them well enough to see yet.