Phrag Schroderae

[TDT]

Phrag Schroderae (caudatum x Sedenii)

I've had this plant for 5 years now and its a reliable bloomer. With the macro lens, you can really see the hairs around the staminode - look almost fuschia in color! I love the pink speckles contrasting the white inside the pouch.

 

[eteson]

I love this hybrid. It was my first Phrag hybrid and it made me to fall in love with this genus. Yours is a very nice colored one!

 

[eaborne]

Lots of nice spotting!

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Lookin' great
...whats with the little paph stowaway?

 

[TDT]

Lookin' great
...whats with the little paph stowaway?

Haha, that's a Paph micranthum seedling that had no roots a couple of years ago. In desperation I stuck it into the layer of live moss growing on the top of the Phrag's media and they've been happy pot-mates since! The Paph is even putting out a new leaf!

 

[MaryPientka]

beautiful!

 

[OrchidIsa]

oh my my !!! Wonderful! :clap:

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely. I like the paler dorsal.

 

[abax]

I like everything about this flower and I wish it lived at my house. On my
monitor, the pouch looks almost lavender pink.

 

[phrag guy]

very nice flower and plant

 

[17andgrowing]

Great looking flower and plant.

 

[Secundino]

Lovely!

 

[Brabantia]

Very good flowering. I am cultivate 3 plants since more than five years... none have flowered. What's the trick? I fertilize these at 50 ppm each week (in spring and summer, less during winter) and they are near my Cattleyas which are blooming without problems. Having Phrag. caudatum in its genes I suppose it needs less water than a Phrag. besseae? Which substrate do you use?

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

Lookin' great
...whats with the little paph stowaway?

Hehee, I saw that too.

 

[TDT]

Thanks everyone.
Brabantia, my plant is in a mix including medium fir bark, charcoal, clay pellets and some chopped sphagnum. It sits in an inch or so of rainwater and doesn't have any trouble with being wet. I flush the pot with fresh rainwater every 2 - 4 weeks. It gets intermediate light, usually sitting on the floor in front of my plant stand, probably 12 inches from the lower shelf's 2 T5 bulbs. This is in my living room, so it gets intermediate temperatures: daytime 21-22C, nights maybe 16C, usually higher than that.

 

[Brabantia]

Thanks everyone.
Brabantia, my plant is in a mix including medium fir bark, charcoal, clay pellets and some chopped sphagnum. It sits in an inch or so of rainwater and doesn't have any trouble with being wet. I flush the pot with fresh rainwater every 2 - 4 weeks. It gets intermediate light, usually sitting on the floor in front of my plant stand, probably 12 inches from the lower shelf's 2 T5 bulbs. This is in my living room, so it gets intermediate temperatures: daytime 21-22C, nights maybe 16C, usually higher than that.

Thanks TDT for your comments, I will try by leaving a water level at its feets.
And about your fertiliser regime...?

 

[TDT]

50ppm or lower K-Lite in rainwater in winter, 50-75ppm in summer. I've been using K-Lite for about a year now, used MSU before that. I do try to repot every year or two as well.

 

[Brabantia]

50ppm or lower K-Lite in rainwater in winter, 50-75ppm in summer. I've been using K-Lite for about a year now, used MSU before that. I do try to repot every year or two as well.

Thank you, but.... 50-75 ppm KLite, is it total salts or 50-75 ppm of nitrogen or a lecture with a TDS meter?

 

[TDT]

That's 50ppm N.

 

[Brabantia]

That's 50ppm N.

Ok and thank you for this exchange of informations. 50 ppm N 1x par week it is also what I use. The problem is not the fertilisation.