Phrag. kovachii

[Ryan Young]

Generally the petal size increases, and gets wavy with time. the colour pigment looks like it fades but really the increase in petal growth spreads the pigment further apart.

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[Ozpaph]

wow colour

 

[Erythrone]

Thanks for sharing. We tend to forget that the species is still recently discovered and has not been well line bred and grown yet!

I agree!oke:

 

[Drorchid]

Thanks for sharing. We tend to forget that the species is still recently discovered and has not been well line bred and grown yet!

Correct! All the ones we (and the whole world) have seen thus far are "first generation" Phrag. kovachii seedlings, made with parents that were "wild collected". It won't be until generation 2 (F2) or generation 3 (F3) that we can start calling them "line bred". The cool thing is that even in this first generation we have noticed a lot of variation in size, shape and color (we have probably bloomed about 30 to 40 different seedlings/plants our selves, here at Orchids Limited), so by selecting the right parents there is room for improvement in the next generations. Another avenue for improvement in the future is tetraploid kovachii's, can't wait to see the first one of those to bloom!

Btw, that is a very nice flower, and I agree, probably equal to the best kovachii I have seen thus far!

Someone mentioned that the dorsal is off, and ugly. Personally I don't see anything wrong with it, especially on the clone shown. It looks pretty balanced to me! True, that the dorsal of Phrag. kovachii it is not very colorful (especially compared to the petals and pouch, but that is just a characteristic of Phrag. kovachii. Don't compare it to a Paph. charlesworthii...).

Robert

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Very nice!