Phragmipedium Inca Rose 3 N

[Erythrone]

Phragmipedium Inca Rose web by Erythrone, sur Flickr

Phragmipedium Inca Rose 2 web by Erythrone, sur Flickr

 

[NYEric]

and another spike! Yay besseae hybrids!

 

[abax]

Rose perfection! The color is glorious. Erythrone do you
ever grow anything badly???? If so, I've never seen it.

 

[trdyl]

So pretty!

 

[Erythrone]

Rose perfection! The color is glorious. Erythrone do you
ever grow anything badly???? If so, I've never seen it.

I usually don't take pictures of my failures... Yes, I am perfectly able to grow badly some plants, unfortunatly... My last disaster: 3 besseaes (2 are wonderful...), my dalessandroi, my precious St-Ouen 'Franceville', my fabulous Red Wing were a mess last June.... Why???Since the temperature was very high in the growing room in May, I decided to put them in the gazebo, in the shade. The weather was warmer than usual for several days... Then.... Gosh... Rain was there for days... and temperature was cold. I didn't notice they received cold water for days (they were close from a screen) but they did. I was very busy at work. And Erwinia developed quickly. But all the plants are recovering now, although my dalessandroi is still not vigorous. Don't know if I can say that in English: I push my luck too far... Those plants are able to grow in cool weather, but not with cold rain and not if they arestressed by high heat in another area!!!! They need to adapt to a new area to be resilent!!!BTW: I thought Erwinia was a hight temperature disease; I now know it is not!

 

[SlipperFan]

Erwinia is nasty! I'm so glad your plants are surviving, and apparently thriving. This one is stunning.