Phrag fischeri

[kitfox]

This one is always a pleasant surprise, both when it actually blesses me with a bloom, but also the blooms seem different every cycle...even on the same spike. it does seem to be setting a second bud on this spike, but I certainly know better than to count on any chickens before the egg starts doing more than cracking!

 

[abax]

It's not a real beauty, but you got it to bloom which is more than I've done. I've murdered
two over the years and not a clue what I did wrong.

 

[NYEric]

Looks like the synsepal split. I agree they are not simple or easy to grow. Thanks for sharing.

 

[kitfox]

Looks like the synsepal split. I agree they are not simple or easy to grow. Thanks for sharing.

You noticed! It made the flower twist a bit. This is this plant’s third blooming growth and it’s never done that. Normally it has the cutest flower in my little phrag collection...

 

[dodidoki]

Interesting thing about this sp, that staminode is often missing.

 

[kitfox]

Interesting thing about this sp, that staminode is often missing.

My wife said it looks like one thing, and my 11 y/o son said it looks like something completely different. No other comment will be repeated or made!

 

[dodidoki]

My wife said it looks like one thing, and my 11 y/o son said it looks like something completely different. No other comment will be repeated or made!

 

[kitfox]

Orchid humor at its most questionable level...

 

[cpmaniac]

Nice job getting it to bloom. Mine flowered two years ago and has frustrated me since then. Look forward t seeing the second flower...

 

[kitfox]

Nice job getting it to bloom. Mine flowered two years ago and has frustrated me since then. Look forward t seeing the second flower...

Thanks, so far it has put up with the torture I subject it to! Lets see if that little bud pops out of the spike for a second bloom...

 

[abax]

Here's good vibes for the second bud>>>>>>>>>

 

[kitfox]

Time slows down when you watch one of these....

Here is the second bloom, I think this one is a bit nicer than the first:

 

[abax]

Very niiiice! I love these little balls of pink fuzz.