Phrag. pearcei

[physiognomy]

I need to snap a better shot of this little beauty... The plant is growing in sphagnum, but I am starting to experiment with semi hydro & may see how this species takes to it under my conditions.

 

[Shiva]

Always happy to see one. Very Nice one!

 

[Fawkes]

One of my favorite species. Grows well it is happy and truly small enough to grow on a window sill.

 

[SlipperFan]

I love it -- it's really a beauty!

 

[W. Beetus]

Great coloration!

 

[smartie2000]

Nice dainty one. It's a must have

 

[biothanasis]

Gorgeous flower!

 

[NYEric]

Very nice. Wish mine would bloom.

 

[quaker]

This is supposed to be an easy specie to grow and it's the only one I have trouble with. All my other phrags are fine with good leaves and very few brown tips -- something I cannot elimenate on the pearcii although it,s continually wet.
Love your bloom,

Ed

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Very nice! I think you'll have success with this plan in semi-hydro -or at least mine love it!

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice flower. S/H will do fine. Ed, lower your K concentration of your fertilizer by increasing your Ca and/ or Mg. The brown tips will cease.

 

[quaker]

Nice flower. S/H will do fine. Ed, lower your K concentration of your fertilizer by increasing your Ca and/ or Mg. The brown tips will cease.

Many thanks Slipperking will give this a try and report back when trial is over.

Ed

 

[Rick]

Nice flower. S/H will do fine. Ed, lower your K concentration of your fertilizer by increasing your Ca and/ or Mg. The brown tips will cease.

What Rick and I have been doing is reducing the amount of our regular fertilizer (with high K) and offsetting the N loss by adding Calcium nitrate.

That bumps up the Ca and reduces K simultaneously. Nitrogen will stay the same.

It's working wonders for stopping the leaf tip burn, and getting longer darker leaves in the process.