Rick
Well-Known Member
Pearcei was the first Phrag I owned, and I started out with this plant in 2001 (from Andy's) I call it Mom. It has small growths and a very discreet blooming period each year. This year it has put up 10 spikes so far in the last few weeks.
A closeup of Mom's flowers. Small but with a nice pastel pink, and well defined spotting. The petals are always held straight down.
Here's a pic of Mom next to the flower of the plant I call "Pa". It has larger growths and flowers, but greener and less distinct spotting. It blooms almost all year round, but with sometimes it takes a month or 2 off. It has about 6 spikes going now, but its been in this cycle since this past winter.
Then Ma and Pa had some babies. This is my first Phrag breeding, and this is the first bloom from this breeding. Daughter is on the left.
This breeding seems to have accomplished part of what I was interested in with a bigger flower that retained allot of the good coloring of the Mom. We'll see if it has the blooming vigor of Pa in the future too.
A closeup of Mom's flowers. Small but with a nice pastel pink, and well defined spotting. The petals are always held straight down.
Here's a pic of Mom next to the flower of the plant I call "Pa". It has larger growths and flowers, but greener and less distinct spotting. It blooms almost all year round, but with sometimes it takes a month or 2 off. It has about 6 spikes going now, but its been in this cycle since this past winter.
Then Ma and Pa had some babies. This is my first Phrag breeding, and this is the first bloom from this breeding. Daughter is on the left.
This breeding seems to have accomplished part of what I was interested in with a bigger flower that retained allot of the good coloring of the Mom. We'll see if it has the blooming vigor of Pa in the future too.