Phrag pearcii

[blondie]

Hi

So ive had this plan for a long time first time I've ever gotten this species to bloom. this plant is really scruffy and looked like it was on Deaths door, so I got a replacemeant from the same nursery to replace it.

Its rather a pale pearcii I personally not seen one so pale before. As you can see in the last pic the back one is the new plant.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

I love it!

 

[abax]

The bloom is quite graceful and I like the soft colors.

 

[troy]

It looks nice!! I grow mine very warm 85 days 65 - 63 night and very very bright, they grow branch and bloom consecutively 365 days a year

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the info.

 

[SlipperFan]

I hope you can save and grow this plant! The flower is special. I'd be some hybridizer would love it in trying to breed for a long petaled white Phrag.

 

[blondie]

Thanks for all the info.

SlipperFan, I do have a small division that is growing very well at the mo.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

It is very nice!
Looks like salts build-up problems to me…
That species is very sensitive to that…
RO or rain water is the best with scarce fertilisation.
If I was you I’ll repot it …

 

[blondie]

I'm going to repot it tomorrow, the other peice I took off if has done really well in that same water as this one everything went down hill with a bark top dress. I brought another plant aprently from the same plantthis one came off.

I have always struggle with this one either never able to flower it or it dosent grow for me.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Interesting? Yes try to repot it in new media it can help!
Do you grow them semi-hydro feet always in water? Pearcei love that!
I aware a line of salt build-up on the side of the pot seems less on the new one???
About your water, do you know the pH and ppm ?

 

[blondie]

We have hard water here lots of lime scale here up I do keep, them all sitting in enough rain water just to cover the openings. It's prob an ok pot theyget streilized with bleach just never seem to get away from lime scale.

I don't know what the rain water would be ph wise.

Heres the division I took last year off the plant and it's had the exact same treatmeant as the other one, its in an old plant that use to be up turned in a gravel that the orchids use to sit on.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

That one is looking nice and fine; I like the live moss dressing too it is usually a good sign! If the old plant sit on the same mix I don’t understand why those leaves are dying back like that??? Hope the repoting will help!

 

[blondie]

Well I am very confused on this one it got repotted today the roots seems fine the odd dead one which you would expect for any plant.

So I decided to Splt the plant and see it that works one of the them I have sprayed with a bleach solution to see if theres a fungal problem or something.




We shall see how this works out.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Look nice!… It should recover! Is that rock wool in their pot? I never used rock wool before? I you have moss I’ll try one in moss, live moss is even better… Good luck!