No ID Phrag besseae [flav?] hybrid!

[NYEric]

Someone sold or gave this to me in S/H and I dont know what it is, so I'm resigned to reorganizing my collection .

 

[Hien]

Eric,
It looks like a Mem Dick Clement using besseae flavum

 

[Roy]

Looks a lot like a Mem Dick Clements made with besseae flava? that I flowered once and my see again one day. Only yours has a lot more yellow in it than mine.

 

[NYEric]

Close, but not what my records say. Unless I missed something. I'm still finding things in my livingroom jungle that suprise me. I also just identified a plant I got from Eric Muelbauer as Inca Embers!

 

[NYEric]

PS. Who would torture me w/ a plant in S/H?!?

 

[Roy]

Eric, I did some Googling & I think the pouch shape is wrong for it to be Inca Embers and also the petals are much better on your Phrag than Inca E.
Still go for the MDC.

 

[NYEric]

Could be. Thanx.

 

[Mrs. Paph]

Wow, I love the color! I swear I'm (mostly) sticking to paphs, but I'd make an exception for that one!

 

[SlipperFan]

Eric,
It looks like a Mem Dick Clement using besseae flavum

I agree. It looks a lot like mine:

 

[NYEric]

It does. Then where did it come from? Why is in S/H!?!

 

[SlipperFan]

Mine came from Oak Hill Gardens near Chicago. Don't know where they got it from.

I'm not sure of your S/H question. But some folks like it for growing Phrags (and other orchids). If the roots are good, who is to argue? I have some in S/H, but most are in diatomite/CHC.

 

[Heather]

It did not come from me! I had one MDC and it went to Blake and was a div of 'Katherine' so I know it wasn't from me!

 

[NYEric]

I think it came from the NYC penthouse greenhouse also, I just got so many plants I missed this one!

 

[Renegayde]

but most are in diatomite/CHC.

is this your own mix of diatomite/chc or one that you purchase someplace?

 

[SlipperFan]

is this your own mix of diatomite/chc or one that you purchase someplace?

It's my own mix. I also add some sponge rock and maybe a little charcoal if I have it.

 

[NYEric]

S/H = death warrant. IMO, the only reason why the media works for me is because I grow hydro.

 

[streetmorrisart]

This is going to be totally unhelpful I suspect, but the first thing I thought when I looked at it was Rosalie Dixler made with besseae flavum...no clue whether that's even been done, though it'd be easy to find out. Nice though, whatever it is.

 

[Marco]

from candace maybe??

 

[rdlsreno]

Still nice flower!


Ramon

 

[NYEric]

No, someone whose initials are LL.