Phrag. besseae

[NYEric]

OK, thanks Tenis.

. . . Ecuagenera in Ecuador. They have a location in Apopka and ship orders from there. Good prices and plants . . .

Ecuagenera doesn't have any of the original type.

 

[BrucherT]

This I got as a division from a friend maybe 8-10 years ago; how long he'd had it I don't know for sure, but a while, as the mother plant was many growths old.
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don’t suppose you or he would part with a division...?

 

[BrucherT]

. . . Ecuagenera in Ecuador. They have a location in Apopka and ship orders from there. Good prices and plants . . .

I am interested but I never see this pure RED with the wild shape.

 

[blondie]

Fantastic a really really nice bloom

 

[BrucherT]

A standard old besseae, a bright spot in a winter greenhouse!

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This is my dream besseae. Hoping my “Carlisle” selfing looks like this. Ever part with divisions?

 

[BrucherT]

Not the super-round fattish ones they seem to be gravitating toward. I'm not terribly fond of the newer line-bred ones which are so full and round. I think they lose the original charm of the species and its unique form.

YES

 

[BrucherT]

Lol apparently I repeat myself often in this thread

 

[alex.sorensen51]

YES

I agree,the hybridizers are really ruining the form that made the bessae so noticeable.

 

[tomkalina]

Not the super-round fattish ones they seem to be gravitating toward. I'm not terribly fond of the newer line-bred ones which are so full and round. I think they lose the original charm of the species and its unique form.

Can you retake the photo under natural light?

 

[tenman]

Can you retake the photo under natural light?

Again, as I said before, this picture was taken entirely with natural light. In the greenhouse with the sun as the only light source and no flash.

 

[tomkalina]

Thank you.