Phragmipedium Graeme Jones

[gonewild]

We visited Alfredo Manrique in Lima a couple days ago. On his bench he had this very nice PK hybrid. This is a first bloom seedling and Alfredo said it is the second plant of the cross to bloom so far.
The flower has been open a couple weeks and the petals are extremely flat.


Unfortunately Alfredo also informed me that his nursery had been robbed a few months ago, thieves broke in during the night and stole most of his hybrid stock of seedlings. They knew what they were after.

They missed this (Barbara LeAnn x kovachii)...

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Whaaaaaaaat?!!!!
That is absolutely positively stunning!!!!!!!

I was wary of PK hybrids at first, but it looks like it takes a few generations and they'll knock your socks off.

I'm speechless.

Did you buy this?

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[gonewild]

Whaaaaaaaat?!!!!

Did you buy this?

No, Alfredo has back crossed it to kovachii. But I'm going to get some of the future seedlings!

 

[Carkin]

That is gorgeous!!! I can only imagine how stunning it would be to see it in real life!

 

[eaborne]

Outstanding!

 

[parvi_17]

It looks much like kovachii itself. Would be nice if this breeding line gave us a flower near the size of kovachii on a more compact plant.

 

[Dido]

looks great I like it

 

[monocotman]

For me that has to be the best plant of all the kovachii hybrids I've seen.
Superb.
David

 

[Hera]

That's more like we're looking for in PK hybrids. Looking forward to seeing more like these.

 

[fbrem]

unstoppable!!!

 

[JeanLux]

That looks great!!!! What size was the bloom?

Too bad for this prof. robbery; so even orchid businees makes no exception here!! Jean

 

[Linus_Cello]

Wow, nice! I'll have to look into getting a Graeme Jones.
As for the robbery, do they think this was domestic, or foreign orchestrated? Sounds like a fine art heist...

 

[Erythrone]

Just fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! What a magnificient cross!

 

[Ryan Young]

It would be interesting to see if it grows and reflexes back like a regular kovachii after a few days.

 

[gonewild]

That looks great!!!! What size was the bloom?

I did not measure but I would say between 4 and 5 inches (10-12cm).

 

[gonewild]

It would be interesting to see if it grows and reflexes back like a regular kovachii after a few days.

The flower had already been open a couple weeks when I took the photo, so no reflex of petals.

 

[tomkalina]

Very nice; one of the best of the Pk hybrids to date.

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids!
Sucks to hear about such thievery.
This is darker than the previous one I've seen, the color is approaching Pk and the form is nice. Hopefully the blooms will be quicker to bloom and longer lasting than Pk. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Drorchid]

I agree with the rest, one of the best kovachii crosses I have seen thus far!

Robert

 

[SlipperFan]

I'm sorry to hear about the thieving. Something like that should not happen to such a gentle and giving person. I hope there are some clues as to who the thief was and he/she/they will be caught soon. And Alfredo gets his stock back.

This is really a perfect Phrag.