Phrag hirtzii

[Rick]

Back in February I swapped a pot of peacei for this division of hirtzii. It originally came from Ecuagenera.

I think this was a great swap.


Big flower, here compared to longifolium.


Some say this is just a variety of longifolium, but these are very different plants.


longifolium is a huge plant in comparison

 

[SlipperFan]

You are very lucky, Rick! I've been looking for a hirtzii for a long time. This is a nice one. Not like I remembered -- but I do remember the very twisty petals.

 

[eggshells]

Very nice and cute.

 

[eaborne]

Thanks for the comparison. I just got a hirtzii from Ecuagenera and can't wait for it to bloom!

 

[phrag guy]

very nice,great to see

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice Rick but I can see boissierianum bleeding through. Is there any discussion on the makeup of this species?

 

[Susie11]

Nice one.

 

[NYEric]

Definitely not the same as longifolium. Good acquisition, they are not common at all!

 

[Chuck]

Very nice example.

Chuck

 

[dodidoki]

I just can say: wow! Very nice.

 

[Ditto]

Nice !!

 

[phraggy]

Lovely. Haven't seen one for sale in years.

Ed

 

[NYEric]

:ninja: Pssst, I know a guy in Canada if you want to divide. :wink:

 

[eggshells]

:ninja: Pssst, I know a guy in Canada if you want to divide. :wink:

Are you referring to me Eric? If so, please do tell me the details.

 

[Rick]

Nice Rick but I can see boissierianum bleeding through. Is there any discussion on the makeup of this species?

I don't think I can add much intelegent debate to that as to whether this is a natural hybrid or distinct species.

My old McCook reprint says she was sceptical at first, but after seeing them in the proximatey of longifolium, and being as distinctly different as shown above, she felt its a distinct species.

Tom Kalina probably knows much more about this species.

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Very nice!

 

[eteson]

Nice Rick but I can see boissierianum bleeding through

I agree with you, I can see some degree of hybridation in this particular one... seems to me not a pure hirtzii...

This one is a pure hirtzii from the South of Colombia:

 

[eggshells]

Is that yours Eliseo? Very handsome plant.

 

[SlipperKing]

So Eliseo,
Does boissierianum grow near colonies of hirtizii and Rick's plant be a result of inter-breeding?

 

[eteson]

So Eliseo,
Does boissierianum grow near colonies of hirtizii and Rick's plant be a result of inter-breeding?

I have never seen boissierianum in the wild. It is present (at least theoretically) in the southern part of Ecuador and Perú while the hirtzii is preset in the northern part of Ecuador and Southern part of Colombia. The plant that I am showing was collected close to the Ecuador-Colombia border.

I am not sure about natural inter-breeding between both species in the wild, but I have found that it is frequent in our greenhouses.