Alfredo Manrique

[Silvan]

(kovachii 'Ana' x Walter Schomburg)

First blooming and not quite sure what to think of it...

with Suzanne Decker :

Enjoy

 

[troy]

Lol... send it to me!!!

 

[troy]

That is the best short petal bessae hybrid I've ever seen

 

[NYEric]

That is the best short petal bessae hybrid I've ever seen

Really!? :crazy:

Yay besseae hybrids!

 

[Justin]

well at least the color is nice!

 

[Lmpgs]

I'd rather prefer Suzanne Decker!!, but I must admit your Alfredo is adorable!! Congrats!!

 

[17andgrowing]

the color is very nice.

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful color. Perhaps the next blooming will be better.

 

[Migrant13]

Pretty nice especially the color.

 

[eaborne]

At least the pouch is very nice

 

[Silvan]

Thanks for the kind words
I think that I'm not used to a kovachii cross not being of pink colour..lol
It's sort of a dark fuschia tone and the spreckles in the pouch are almost red.
Reminiscent of it's lindleyanum grandparent, I suppose. It's taking me some
time to get used to it..
Anyway, small"ish" (around 10cm) flower on a big plant. I'll wait for it's second try to decide it's fate. But, I'm not sure that I'll keep it. I need the "bench" space.
Funny how plants gets bigger with time... *sigh*

 

[khrisna.9]

Cute!!

 

[abax]

Think of it as a gawky teenager that will grow up to be
beautiful...or send it to KY to grow up.

 

[Ozpaph]

unusual, not beautiful

 

[SlipperKing]

The petals really bother me. The pouch is nice. Is there more buds to come? Maybe the petals will smooth out.

 

[phrag guy]

it will probally get better,I know what you mean by bench space

 

[Silvan]

there's one more bud.
I wish my plants would stop flowering in late spring/summer. I don't know
what happened as they used to flower in late fall and winter. Wich makes the
flowers in most phrags more vibrant and of better quality.

 

[Silvan]

it will probally get better,I know what you mean by bench space

I have way too many babies and I can't seem to stop getting more.. lol