Phrag China Dragon 'Fire Dragon'

[Chuck]

I've had this one for a while. The flower isn't perfect but I like it. The spike usually carries two blooms at a time and give a total of four or five blooms. These are the second and third blooms and there are two more buds I think.

 

[Greenpaph]

Chuck,

Nice wide segments on the petals! Excellent!

 

[Jorch]

chunky!!
comes with dragon teeth too.. so cool! :clap:

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! What's not to like!?

 

[Shiva]

I like it. Mine almost flowered, The buds blasted in their sheet. I'll have to wait for next year.

 

[goldenrose]

:clap: :drool: :clap: :drool: One of my favorites! More impressionable in person!

 

[wojtek]

:clap::drool::clap::drool::clap::drool:

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

I had to look this cross up. Grande x besseae. I love it and I need one.

 

[SlipperFan]

I like it too, Chuck. Yours has good color, and nice wide petals.

 

[JeanLux]

I like it a lot!!! Good color and very interesting shape!!! Jean

 

[rdlsreno]

Nice form!

Ramon

 

[phrag guy]

looks great,nice wide petals,did you remake this one Chuck?

 

[SlipperKing]

Interesting color on this one. Nice show Chuck!

 

[Chuck]

looks great,nice wide petals,did you remake this one Chuck?

Yes, I did, Russell. This was the most vigorous seedling and the only one I kept. After it bloomed, I wished I had kept more. This is a frustrating plant in that it only gives one new growth each year.

 

[Lanmark]

Super cool!

 

[etex]

Beautiful bloom!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

WOW! Look at those petals!!! Amazing...

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Interesting form an petals width...

 

[goldenrose]

...... This was the most vigorous seedling and the only one I kept........ This is a frustrating plant in that it only gives one new growth each year.

This was somewhat confusing to me, one doesn't expect vigorous in one sentence & 1 new growth a year in the next! Anyway, it made me go check out my China Dragons. I have a regular color, originating from Acker's, it only does 1 growth a year. Now I'm going to be confusing - the other is a flavum, from Norman's, it's 6 growths, 2 previous bloomed growths & 1 older stalled growth. In my case the flavum seems more vigorous than the regular!
Are your growths mature enough to bloom every year?

 

[Chuck]

This was somewhat confusing to me, one doesn't expect vigorous in one sentence & 1 new growth a year in the next! Anyway, it made me go check out my China Dragons. I have a regular color, originating from Acker's, it only does 1 growth a year. Now I'm going to be confusing - the other is a flavum, from Norman's, it's 6 growths, 2 previous bloomed growths & 1 older stalled growth. In my case the flavum seems more vigorous than the regular!
Are your growths mature enough to bloom every year?

Vigorous in that the original seedling matured more quickly than the other seedlings from the cross, and, yes, the plant now blooms about ever year. It last bloomed eleven months ago.