Phragmipedium dalessandroï

[Jaljala]

I agree with Charles! And it worked, I got hooked :evil:
Beautiful blooms by the way!

 

[raymond]

tres jolie JP tu l'a acheter de qui

 

[Susie11]

Beautiful. I must get one.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

That's wonderful, JP! Do you have seedlings available?

Not now!

Gorgeous. Do you know the parents of this one?

M x Mrs dalessandroï! :evil:

 

[John M]

Not now!

Well then, hurry up and self-pollinate those flowers!

 

[Shiva]

Not now!

M x Mrs dalessandroï! :evil:

Fair enough! I was hoping for clonal names, if any.oke:

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Fair enough! I was hoping for clonal names, if any.oke:

I knew Michel ! but there is no clonal name...

 

[eaborne]

Beautiful flower and well grown!

 

[smartie2000]

this is an excellent clone! I love the petals. The overall form has character

 

[FrankRC]

I got to the point where I keep her in water, a tray for her pot. Not soaking. Does anyone else know if the wrinkled leaves of besseae is normal?

Wrinkled, or folded under leaves are not normal for d'alessandroi or besseae. This tends to occur when temps are to high and the plants are getting to dry between waterings. In situ, floral quality and characteristics of plants of both d'alessandroi and besseae vary from year to year depending on temps and the amount of moisture seeping from the granite, which is in turn dependant on the amount of rainfall.

If you stick your finger in the pot and it is feels dry in any way, you need to up-tick the frequency of watering. If you stick your finger in the pot and the mix is starting to break down, its time to repot. Leaving the pots in a dish of water only solves half the problem and can lead to other problems. Niether species grows in standing water, nor do they grow in any kind of substrate. They anchor themselves directly to granite cliff faces with pockets of accumulated moss. However, the roots are almost fully exposed to cool temps and constant seepage.

I have seen the leaf condition in the picture only on cultivated plants that are allowed to get to dry between waterings. BTW, beautiful plant, and a true d'alessandroi. So much crap has been pushed off as the true form in recent years and so many claim to be able to differentiate based on the wrong set of criteria. If the plant is strong enough, put a pod on it.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Wrinkled, or folded under leaves are not normal for d'alessandroi or besseae. This tends to occur when temps are to high and the plants are getting to dry between waterings. In situ, floral quality and characteristics of plants of both d'alessandroi and besseae vary from year to year depending on temps and the amount of moisture seeping from the granite, which is in turn dependant on the amount of rainfall.

If you stick your finger in the pot and it is feels dry in any way, you need to up-tick the frequency of watering. If you stick your finger in the pot and the mix is starting to break down, its time to repot. Leaving the pots in a dish of water only solves half the problem and can lead to other problems. Niether species grows in standing water, nor do they grow in any kind of substrate. They anchor themselves directly to granite cliff faces with pockets of accumulated moss. However, the roots are almost fully exposed to cool temps and constant seepage.

I have seen the leaf condition in the picture only on cultivated plants that are allowed to get to dry between waterings. BTW, beautiful plant, and a true d'alessandroi. So much crap has been pushed off as the true form in recent years and so many claim to be able to differentiate based on the wrong set of criteria. If the plant is strong enough, put a pod on it.

I grow those plants in the shadiest and coolest place inside my greenhouse, watering them each three days depending of the temperature and season.

But since few year now, the temperature are getting very high (global warming?). I had to install a fog system 2 year ago to keep the temperature under 30 degrees Celsius. It worked very good!

But this year, even with that system the temperature did reach many days in a row over 30 degrees even 34,5 degrees Celsius… Very difficult to cool the greenhouse down when the outside temperature it's near 40 degrees.… And that scare me enough!

Thanks! Yes I'm aggre with you, it is very difficult to get real dalessandroï, many plants offered are not.

 

[wonderlen3000]

Hows the growth looks like? Does it send out long growths like besseae??? or more like normal growth like cadautum.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Hows the growth looks like? Does it send out long growths like besseae??? or more like normal growth like cadautum.

Clumpy like the caudatum....