Phrag Don Wimber 'Remembrance'.

[monocotman]

Hi,

a couple of photos of a fairly new plant bought about 3 months ago ( prior to the growth of the flower spike ) from the Ratcliffes phrag list still to be seen on their UK web site.
For me its a real nice thing as the plant is still quite small - the first photo shows the whole plant and it is about 12 inches from the floor to the top of the spike.
It probably originated from the EYOF. I don't know whether they named the clone or Ratciffes did.
These wet loving phrags seem to be fairly easy to grow as windowsill plants, certainly compared to some paphs - and I'm looking forward to the next flowering - there are two new growths just starting out.
The plant has sat in my cold greenhouse all summer and believe me it has been fairly cool most of the time. This may account for the good colour.
It will come inside for the winter,

Regards,

David

 

[raymond]

very nice

 

[Shiva]

Nice! I would give an eye to visit the EYOF...then again, forget that, I only have one good eye. :rollhappy:

 

[monocotman]

Eyof

Shiva,

if you ever get over the pond to the UK, the EYOF is a must for the orchid lover. Late winter is best - the flowers on show in their greenhouses are truly astonishing.
I haven't been since around 1990, before they really got going on besseae hybrids. At that time they had a whole greenhouse each of odont's, cym's and miltonias in full bloom. I particularly remember the scent of the miltonias house - quite intoxicating.
This flower of 'Remembrance' is 11cm across.
The petals seem to be particularly wide for the cross and are about 2.5cm at their widest point,

Regards,

David

 

[Carper]

That's a very nice plant David and nice colours of the flower. If this is the first flowering, they may improve further on future flowerings. Actually spoke to the EYOF last week for their advice on phrag culture, specifically kovachii and they were extremely helpful. My phrags are really beginning to move now they are becoming well established really loving the imtermediate temps amd fairly high humidity.

Look forward to future blooms.

Gary
UK

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! I wish there were more sources here for EYOF plants, that's a beauty!

 

[W. Beetus]

Great bloom! Nice color.

 

[monocotman]

phrag culture

Gary,

glad to hear your plants are on the move. This is the 4th phrag I've bought and all seem to be doing OK growing in the greenhouse May-September and on a windowsill for the rest of the year.
I'd like to give them more humidity but it is pretty difficult to raise it substantially in a house. They sit in a tray filled with hydroleca which is always wet - that is about as far as I can go.
The wet growing hybrids seem to be robust and grow well enough to flower most years,

David

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Very nice flower!

 

[Susie11]

I like your blooms. I am waiting for my Mont Fallu which I got from Burnham Nurseries to flower. It is currently in spike but very early on. I think I'll give Radcliffes a go next after I've got some more phrags from Easy Orchids. Mem Dick Clements is the next on on my list along with a Tall Tails. Hope I can get them to bloom too

 

[SlipperKing]

Great looking flower for the first showing.

 

[FlowerFaerie]

Hi,

a couple of photos of a fairly new plant bought about 3 months ago ( prior to the growth of the flower spike ) from the Ratcliffes phrag list still to be seen on their UK web site.
For me its a real nice thing as the plant is still quite small - the first photo shows the whole plant and it is about 12 inches from the floor to the top of the spike.



Regards,

David

Good things come in small(ish) packages!!! :drool::clap:

The little Phrag Mont Mado (andreeteae x caricinum) I bought from Ratcliffes a couple of months ago is growing like a weed on my windowsill I'm beginning to think it might even grow a spike this year! :rollhappy:

 

[monocotman]

windowsill phrags

Susie,

I've managed to flower a Mem. Dick Clements on the windowsill each spring for three years. They're not so difficult. They do flower for several months with a succession of flowers.
My avatar shows the kovachii hybrid La Vingtaine, also from EYOF flowering last spring - also windowsill grown. It grew much better when I potted it into bark compost from the rockwool it was originally in,

Regards,

David

 

[Carper]

David,

As everyone's conditions are different, there is no correct way! Whatever your culture is obviously suits the plants you are growing and if they are rewarding you with growth and blooms like this, then there can be no complaints.

Gary
UK

 

[toddybear]

Stunning!

 

[SlipperFan]

David,

As everyone's conditions are different, there is no correct way! Whatever your culture is obviously suits the plants you are growing and if they are rewarding you with growth and blooms like this, then there can be no complaints.

Gary
UK

For sure!

 

[Susie11]

Susie,

I've managed to flower a Mem. Dick Clements on the windowsill each spring for three years. They're not so difficult. They do flower for several months with a succession of flowers.
My avatar shows the kovachii hybrid La Vingtaine, also from EYOF flowering last spring - also windowsill grown. It grew much better when I potted it into bark compost from the rockwool it was originally in,

Regards,

David

David,
I have wondered about rockwool too. If I repot into bark will I need to have a saucer of water underneath the pot because I don't know how keen I am to do that - I just think of root rot but I know that everyone else does this for some of their water loving phrags. I can't wait to get the Mem. Dick Clemets then if it is as easy to grow as you suggest. I have about another thirth that I hope to collect over the years but can only afford a few every now and then.

Sue.

 

[Carper]

As far as I know, EYOF grow many plants in Rockwool and have a considerable amount of success with it. I did'nt get on with it when I tried it a couple of years ago, but after seeing quite a few people using it and being more up on my own feeding and cultural conditions, decided to give it another go. I repotted nearly all my phrags excluding my large Grande, Sorecerers Apprentice and Mont Fallu which are doing extremely well in a bark mix. What started this was that I had several kovachii and kovachii crosses which were nearly lost. The leaves were dying and there was no sign of any new root development. Within a month of repotting, every plant has pushed out new roots and the kovachii just love it and recovering very well. I just feed as normal, possibly twice per week, as I feel I can't overwater the phrags so don't sit them in any water.

It's definitely saved me some good plants and money!!!

Gary
UK

 

[monocotman]

phrag culture

I prefer bark to rockwool as I'm a lazy feeder and you need to be on the ball feeding when you use rockwoool. There is nothing else in the medium.
David

 

[NYEric]

There is a photo from Orchids Limited showing their Pk hybrid seedlings in a mix of rockwool and diatomite. I now use that for some phrag seedlings; keeps them wet with room and hard edges for air spaces.