Phrag Acker's Star

[Gilda]

Finally after 5 years of growing this and it blasting bud after bud we have a bloom ! :clap: I have to give my hubby credit for keeping the blooming growth watered ,which had climbed up and out of the medium . We had a "collar" around that growth ,but it still got too dry ,so without his careful watering I am sure it would have blasted the bloom again. It's a huge bloom and a keeper !

 

[NYEric]

ACK! More long petals
Yay besseae hybrids!

How did you make the collar? I'm currently trying small net pots filled with live sphagnum around stolonous growths.

 

[Gilda]

ACK! More long petals
Yay besseae hybrids!

How did you make the collar? I'm currently trying small net pots filled with live sphagnum around stolonous growths.

We have used a plastic pot with the top third or so cut so it can slip inside the original pot and have also used metal sheeting, which can be very sharp ! Anything will work that will hold whatever medium you are using around the new growth. My low humidity is hard on exposed roots.

 

[NYEric]

Your Low humiditY!? :rollhappy:

 

[Gilda]

Your Low humiditY!? :rollhappy:

oke:Yes MY low humidity in MY house !:rollhappy:

 

[Dido]

Nice plant

 

[Shiva]

Very nice too!

 

[Erythrone]

very nice!

 

[SlipperFan]

That's cool -- I love the two-tone petals.

 

[W. Beetus]

That looks great!

 

[SlipperKing]

That is nice Gilda with all the clean zones on the flower. No speckling, no spotting, nothing.

 

[e-spice]

Looks really good Gilda!

 

[phrag guy]

very nice

 

[Clark]

My kind of petals!

Have measured under 20% humidity in the home during past winters.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Very nice! (= Acker's Superstar x Grande)

 

[Susie11]

Another lovely. Good growing.

 

[biothanasis]

very very nice!

 

[Orchidzrule]

Beautiful. Definitely worth waiting for! I'm glad you stuck with it. I suspect some of us might have thrown up our hands in despair and passed it on to someone else.

 

[Silvan]

great looking flower..is it a multi?
Phrags need some rigorous care (mostly watering), but they are so rewarding..
Congrats!

 

[nikv]

Nice one!