Phrag. besseae 'Fox Valley Flame' AM/AOS

[tomkalina]

In bloom today, this remains one of our best breeding clones. Parent of Phrag. Rosalie Dixler 'Fox Valley' AM/AOS.

 

[Linus_Cello]

diploid?

 

[NYEric]

Nice wide leaves! Yay besseae!

 

[MaryPientka]

Gorgeous!

 

[tomkalina]

I would guess it is a diploid.

 

[Migrant13]

That's a husky and deeply colored besseae!

 

[Justin]

Wow!

 

[SlipperFan]

Gorgeous. Such a good color and shape.

 

[Erythrone]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cnycharles]

Nice!


Elmer Nj

 

[John M]

A beautiful clone!

 

[abax]

That's a really gorgeous color of red with nice fat petals.
Judging by the photo, I'd call that a Chinese red. I have
two besseae Peach Cobbler x Colossal Peach that look
exactly like this one with the same full shape. I wonder
if they're related?????

 

[orchidman77]

I never tire of seeing besseae's...stunning!

David

 

[JeanLux]

A Beauty !!!! Jean

 

[trdyl]

Lovely!

 

[Ozpaph]

good colour

 

[JAB]

Great saturation.
Tom, what do you look for in parentage specifically regarding saturation of color?
Thanks
Jake

 

[tomkalina]

Jake,

All of our breeding clones came from the late Dr. Clements. None had clonal names, just numbers. A few were marked "Peru" after the number and they tended to have a rounder flower form and were more saturated red in color than the others. We chose our breeding stock from the ones marked "Peru". Our 'Fox Valley' FCC/AOS , 'Fox Valley Flame' AM/AOS and 'Fox Fire' AM/AOS clones are all from his "Peru" group of plants. John M's Phrag. besseae 'Carlisle' clone also appears to be more red than most.

 

[JAB]

So you did not pick the parentage per se, more trusted his eye and established genetics?

 

[eaborne]

Fabulous!