Phrag. Ainsworthii

[garysan]

Finally got around to editing the *new* images I took of my first phrag

Dropped both its flowers a few days after I got it home from my first orchid show/fair/meet I went to a few weeks ago but then a few days later, a bud came through and now it's fully opened, I thought I'd share

Many thanks to Phraggy (Ed) and others who helped correctly identify the exact cross.

 

[Achamore]

One of my favourites, I love this cross.

 

[Brabantia]

Very nice and sweet colors. I am curious to know its ancestry because it is no big differences with Phrag calurum.

 

[Erythrone]

Very nice and sweet colors. I am curious to know its ancestry because it is no big differences with Phrag calurum.

Phrag. Sedenii x Phrag. longifolium var. roezlii .... vs Sedenii x longifolium

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Very nice!

 

[abax]

Pretty in Pink! I've never seen this one offered for sale
in the U.S. I'd love to have one...or two.

 

[17andgrowing]

Love the color.

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely flower -- wonderful pouch!

 

[garysan]

Thanks guys. I'm very new to this so am pleased it decided to continue flowering for me

 

[phraggy]

Hi Gary. It will be in flower for many weeks.

Ed

 

[Justin]

lovely.

 

[Kawarthapine]

That is a dandy plant and flower.

I hope it gives you many years of pleasure.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[garysan]

Grr.... Noticed some marks on the bloom that looked like "paint had fallen/flaked off". Very small 'missing colour' patches on the very ends of the sepals and as of this afternoon, on one side of the pouch. As the bloom's only been out for about 2 weeks I thought it odd?

Anyway, A bit of checking and found a couple of thrips... The little *****. One was black, so normal but the other one I found was a pale orange (but thrip sized - something else perhaps?).

I plucked them both off with tweezers and couldn't find anymore (not on the single bloom anyway). There doesn't seem to be any more 'damage' to leaves so hopefully it was just one or two of the little blighters that had managed to stay alive until now.

I guess it's largely a problem passed for this year but something I'll need to think about for next summer when they descend on my house like a plague. Baring in mind I'm in the UK, can you guys suggest a suitable weapon/pesticide I can use that won' t harm the phrags?