SlipperKing
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Great looking outcome on this one. Keep up the good work!
Phragmipedium Eric Young
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growing phrags on windowsills
Tom,
sorry for the delay replying but I've been away. You should persevere with the phrags.
I have a collection of 9-10 phrags growing on a windowsill in the UK and they do Ok - better than most of my paphs.
Like you, my catts seem to be better adapted to the lower humidity of indoors.
I grow the smaller growing moisture loving kinds of phrag and try to keep to the more vigorous hybrids. I use standard bark mixes, repot once a year and keep each pot stood in one cm of rain water all the time. This seems to compensate for the lower humidity.
In summer the pots migrate into a cold greenhouse and spend time amongst the tomatoes.I've just brought all the pots back inside a couple of days ago.
As regards availability, Ratcliffes have some stunning phrags for sale each year, mostly from the EYOF but they tend to be expensive. No-one else in the UK has many. You need to import from some of the german nurseries if you want a good general range,
Regards,
David
Tom,
sorry for the delay replying but I've been away. You should persevere with the phrags.
I have a collection of 9-10 phrags growing on a windowsill in the UK and they do Ok - better than most of my paphs.
Like you, my catts seem to be better adapted to the lower humidity of indoors.
I grow the smaller growing moisture loving kinds of phrag and try to keep to the more vigorous hybrids. I use standard bark mixes, repot once a year and keep each pot stood in one cm of rain water all the time. This seems to compensate for the lower humidity.
In summer the pots migrate into a cold greenhouse and spend time amongst the tomatoes.I've just brought all the pots back inside a couple of days ago.
As regards availability, Ratcliffes have some stunning phrags for sale each year, mostly from the EYOF but they tend to be expensive. No-one else in the UK has many. You need to import from some of the german nurseries if you want a good general range,
Regards,
David
Tom499
Well-Known Member
Thankyou for the tips monocotman, How cold do you let them get?
Could I trouble you for a short list of your most successful phrags? I'm currently just growing Phrag. Sedenii and Eric Young.
Could I trouble you for a short list of your most successful phrags? I'm currently just growing Phrag. Sedenii and Eric Young.
phrag culture
Hi Tom,
my plants spend the winter under normal house temperatures - it gets down to 10c easily at night and up to maybe 20 some of the time but it is often quite cool during the day as no-one is in during the week so the heating is not on.
The besseae and kovachii hybrids seem to be OK with this.
I have an unknown (ebay) plant that is probably schlimii that is growing very well with at least 6 growths - this also seems to like cool temperatures. Hybrids with this will also probably be OK.
Mem. Dick Clements has flowered for the past three years every summer and now has four growths.
La Vingtaine (kovachii x Mem Dick Clements - see my avatar) flowered for the first time last summer and now has a nice new growth.
Don Wimber 'Remembrance' ( from Ratcliffes current phrag list) is still in flower and has two new growths - see an earlier post.
There is also a straight kovachii, and two of its hybrids - x schlimii and x living fire. All are growing well and the hybrids should flower next year.
The plants are not as big or flamboyant as you could produce in a greenhouse under optimum conditions but they do well enough to flower.
The only paphs that really seem to enjoy these conditions for me are the insigne types,
Regards,
David
Hi Tom,
my plants spend the winter under normal house temperatures - it gets down to 10c easily at night and up to maybe 20 some of the time but it is often quite cool during the day as no-one is in during the week so the heating is not on.
The besseae and kovachii hybrids seem to be OK with this.
I have an unknown (ebay) plant that is probably schlimii that is growing very well with at least 6 growths - this also seems to like cool temperatures. Hybrids with this will also probably be OK.
Mem. Dick Clements has flowered for the past three years every summer and now has four growths.
La Vingtaine (kovachii x Mem Dick Clements - see my avatar) flowered for the first time last summer and now has a nice new growth.
Don Wimber 'Remembrance' ( from Ratcliffes current phrag list) is still in flower and has two new growths - see an earlier post.
There is also a straight kovachii, and two of its hybrids - x schlimii and x living fire. All are growing well and the hybrids should flower next year.
The plants are not as big or flamboyant as you could produce in a greenhouse under optimum conditions but they do well enough to flower.
The only paphs that really seem to enjoy these conditions for me are the insigne types,
Regards,
David
Tom499
Well-Known Member
That is awesome! I never thought I would have a chance at growing kovachii. That is a target to aim for over the next few years.
I am also very glad besseae is happy in these conditions, as hybrids of it are my favourite.
I shall look to pick up similiar plants to ones you have mentioned then, thankyou so much for your help!
I am also very glad besseae is happy in these conditions, as hybrids of it are my favourite.
I shall look to pick up similiar plants to ones you have mentioned then, thankyou so much for your help!
besseae
Tom,
no problems. I don't know if a straight besseae will grow under these conditions as I do not have one but it should.
Ebay has several phrags for sale at the moment,
David
Tom,
no problems. I don't know if a straight besseae will grow under these conditions as I do not have one but it should.
Ebay has several phrags for sale at the moment,
David
quaker
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Try Arthur at Bunham nurseries in Devon. Very good to deal with and will try and get what you need.
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Paph_LdyMacBeth
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Someone once told me that Phrags are the weeds of the orchid world and while I did not appreciate their clear disdain for these awesome plants they do grow like weeds under the most surprising conditions.
I think so long as you can offer good water they will adapt, plus orchids are a learning curve!
My only complaint about growing Phrags is that some get just too darn big! But that's a matter of personal taste!
Congrats on your first bloom -Its a GREAT one!
I think so long as you can offer good water they will adapt, plus orchids are a learning curve!
My only complaint about growing Phrags is that some get just too darn big! But that's a matter of personal taste!
Congrats on your first bloom -Its a GREAT one!
