Phrag warscewiczianum

[Rick]

Or wallisii if not up with the last name corrections.





Baskets work well with this species.

 

[Daniel Herrera]

That is a well grown plant!
What conditions do you give it?

 

[tomkalina]

Nicely done, Rick! BTW - Not to hi-jack the thread, but has anyone seen Guido's article on Phrag. popowii in the latest Orchid Digest? Really well written and a good argument for keeping it popowii rather than humboldtii..........

 

[ehanes7612]

nice

 

[Carper]

I do like these and have had many awards with my blooms until recently. Due to erwinia I had to totally remove the infected growth plus spike with 3 flowers. This left 4 growths with another spike which I decided to also remove to help the plant settle in after repotting. Would have been a good show until then so I'll just admire yours!!

Gary
UK

 

[eaborne]

Very nice!

 

[Secundino]

Superb!

 

[phrag guy]

great one

 

[NYEric]

What a spacious GH you have!

 

[Migrant13]

It definitely looks happy in that basket. You grow such great plants.

 

[Rick]

Nicely done, Rick! BTW - Not to hi-jack the thread, but has anyone seen Guido's article on Phrag. popowii in the latest Orchid Digest? Really well written and a good argument for keeping it popowii rather than humboldtii..........

Yes I did. According to his article, popowii (the dark caudatum species with the staminode present) is a substitute for warscewiczianum, and humboldtii and wallisii are dead names.

I'm trying to support the name changes by using warsce for what ended up as wallisii.

 

[Rick]

That is a well grown plant!
What conditions do you give it?

Thanks Daniel.

This is a Windy Hill plant I got in 2006 (Tower Grove X Windy Hill).

So over the last 7-8 years its seen quite a few changes. If it wasn't for erwinia it would be 4X larger. I've always tried to keep things bright, breezy, and a bit to the cooler side for my long petaled phrags, but changed things up about 3 years ago which made a lot of difference.

Low K feeding and basket culture made this plant much easier to cope with. Reducing overall feed rate to about 5-10ppm N with some "bloom boost" like supplementing (with each daily watering). These guys like lots of water.

Haven't had erwinia with this plant for about 2 years now (knock on wood).

I periodically mash up a couple of 350mg asprins in 100ml water and distribute to my phrags. But if you can get the K down then the leaves toughen up with better Ca induction and increase plant protection against disease.

 

[SlipperFan]

Wonderful flowers and plant, Rick!

I still have erwinia battles, but not as bad as before K-lite. I'm interested in your aspirin regimen -- to you spray the plants with it, or water them? And how often is "periodically"? Thanks...

 

[Rick]

Wonderful flowers and plant, Rick!

I still have erwinia battles, but not as bad as before K-lite. I'm interested in your aspirin regimen -- to you spray the plants with it, or water them? And how often is "periodically"? Thanks...

Dot

I don't think I've got the asprin thing down to a protocol yet.

Most of the time I just reacted to either a discoloration or actual breakout of the problem. Sometimes just got nervous and remembered to do it.

But probably every other month would be a good bet. The stuff doesn't dissolve well at all, so spaying is not a viable option.

I generally pour it around the base of the plant, and sometimes pour it to get into the lower leaf axials.

I played with real weak doses (a tablet or 2 per gallon). That may be enough to get the plant to start making its own. But then I read a paper that showed actually kill of erwinia in petri dish at the equivalent of about 50 tablets per gal!! So presently I'm up to 2 tablets per 100 ml and pouring it around the base of ~ 5 plants. Sometimes I'll do this for a couple of days and then forget about it for a couple months.

 

[SlipperFan]

Thanks, Rick. I'm going to experiment.

 

[bullsie]

Oh this is lovely! If I were to purchase this species, may I ask what name I would use to get what is pictured?

 

[MaryPientka]

Oh this is lovely! If I were to purchase this species, may I ask what name I would use to get what is pictured?

I second this question

 

[eteson]

Great plant and nicely grown!

I second this question

wallisii here in Colombia... but more and more people is starting to call it warscewiczianum.

I do have some flasks to sell of this species and the peloric form without puch (lindenii)... if someone is coming in August to the international orchid show in Medellin...