Phrag wallisii

[AquaGem]

 

[phrag guy]

very nice

 

[Shiva]

Yup! Very nice.

 

[Chuck]

Good flower and the plant looks like it is very well grown.

 

[AquaGem]

Good flower and the plant looks like it is very well grown.

Thanks.

 

[John M]

Verrrrrry nice!

 

[NYEric]

Excellent!

 

[W. Beetus]

Awesome long petalled Phrag!

 

[SlipperFan]

Gorgeous! Fantastic flowers.

 

[Erythrone]

Wonderful!!

 

[Kevin]

Very nice!

 

[AquaGem]

Almost lost it to rot but now has 2 nice almost blooming size growth on it.

 

[Rick]

I like it a lot. Do you know the parents?

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice one. For some reason beyond me, I've never been able to grow the species here in TX.

 

[Rick]

Nice one. For some reason beyond me, I've never been able to grow the species here in TX.

Have you tried since Mg spiking?

 

[AquaGem]

I got this one from Glen Decker.
They tend to like it a little on the drier side with higher light condition. Temperature intermediate. i grow all my mature Phrags in cym pots.. narrow but deep so the roots can actually grow downwards and not dry out so quickly.. no need to water so often.

 

[SlipperKing]

Have you tried since Mg spiking?

No Rick, unfortuntely I don't own one to try! Another trick that I'm going to try is S/H. I have a Hanna Popow from a good friend that I've actually re-bloomed! No one in this area has ever bloomed and/or kept alive a bessae and it's extremely tough to bloom a schimii. Even primaries of bessae are very reluctent to bloom here. But that was all before S/H came on the scene. The HP is on S/H.

 

[Rick]

No Rick, unfortuntely I don't own one to try! Another trick that I'm going to try is S/H. I have a Hanna Popow from a good friend that I've actually re-bloomed! No one in this area has ever bloomed and/or kept alive a bessae and it's extremely tough to bloom a schimii. Even primaries of bessae are very reluctent to bloom here. But that was all before S/H came on the scene. The HP is on S/H.

Does your GH spend a lot of summer time in the 90's.

That seems to be tough on besseae for sure.

I've moved all my long petal phrags (I don't include longifolium in this group) into the hanging sphag basket system. In general I never have problems with this group in the fall/winter/spring time, it's the summers that slow mine down. They do use less water than the creek phrags, but lots more than any paph. I've noticed that when they are growing it's very fast, so that's one of my reasons for the Mg spike to keep them from getting "anemic" during the fast growth periods. Also I think the basket trick will keep the root mass cooler with the extra evaporation.

I've had only short term luck with besseae too, but I was amazed as to how fast they can grow for short periods of time and then "burn out" even faster.

 

[AquaGem]

Does your GH spend a lot of summer time in the 90's.

That seems to be tough on besseae for sure.

I've moved all my long petal phrags (I don't include longifolium in this group) into the hanging sphag basket system. In general I never have problems with this group in the fall/winter/spring time, it's the summers that slow mine down. They do use less water than the creek phrags, but lots more than any paph. I've noticed that when they are growing it's very fast, so that's one of my reasons for the Mg spike to keep them from getting "anemic" during the fast growth periods. Also I think the basket trick will keep the root mass cooler with the extra evaporation.

I've had only short term luck with besseae too, but I was amazed as to how fast they can grow for short periods of time and then "burn out" even faster.

Singapore is summer 99% of the time. I grow all my plant according to their requirements and placing them in different parts of my greenhouse. I have a few kovachii that has been growing and doing quite well for over a year and hope it will flower by next year.
Growing of Plants is no longer a guessing game as many info are readily available online and with some common sense and logical deduction, they can be successfully grown anywhere if given the conditions they require. Most of these conditions can be fabricated with some creativity....