Phrag andreettae

[newbud]

Very nice blooms. I've never seen these before and I love them.
I don't get it though. Are these mature plants because they look like seedlings? If you go to my thread "Phrag problem" you can see my Phragmipediums and they are all way bigger than this and none have ever bloomed for me. What gives?

 

[Cheyenne]

I am actually growing this in my orchid room under 3 t8 fluorescent lights. Like I said it does not get that warm in there, maybe 74F to 76F max. They are about 10 inches from the lights. I am going to save some of the pollen and put it on some things like schlimii, kovachii hybrids and maybe a caudatum just to play. Actually now that I think about it wallisii gives lighter colored offspring. How about a white colored ruby slippers looking hybrid.

Newbud, these are blooming size mature plants. But they are only about 5inch leaf span at the most. This species is very compact. Probably the smallest phrag I have evry bloomed. Many of my other phrags are absolute monsters compared to these guys. Some of my other phrags have single leaves that are 4 or 5 times bigger than this species.

 

[NYEric]

This and fischeri are small in stature. Cheyenne, that would go well on pearcei for a lighter hybrid, or on Wossen. There is a good one on eBay right now.