Phragmipedium Graeme Jones

gonewild · Nov 5, 2013

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 · Nov 5, 2013

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 · Nov 5, 2013

Paph_LdyMacBeth said:
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 · Nov 5, 2013

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

eaborne · Nov 5, 2013

Outstanding!

parvi_17 · Nov 5, 2013

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 · Nov 6, 2013

looks great I like it

monocotman · Nov 6, 2013

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

Hera · Nov 6, 2013

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

fbrem · Nov 6, 2013

unstoppable!!!

JeanLux · Nov 6, 2013

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 · Nov 6, 2013

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 · Nov 6, 2013

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

Ryan Young · Nov 6, 2013

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

gonewild · Nov 6, 2013

JeanLux said:
That looks great!!!! What size was the bloom?

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

gonewild · Nov 6, 2013

Ryan Young said:
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 · Nov 6, 2013

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

NYEric · Nov 6, 2013

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 · Nov 6, 2013

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

Robert

SlipperFan · Nov 6, 2013

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.

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