Phrag. Black Cherry (Haley Decker x Mem. Dick Clements)

[Drorchid]

A new 2nd generation kovachii hybrid opened up for us, it is a cross between Phrag. Haley Decker and Phrag. Mem. Dick Clements; we named it Phrag. Black Cherry, because of the very dark red color. This is probably THE darkest red color I have ever seen for any Phrag. hybrid. I was a little disapointed in the size. It seems like most of the 2nd generation kovachii hyrbrids that are 25% kovachii, seem to loose their size for the most part, but I do like the color, and I think that kovachii probably has intensified it. The next step is to backcross this hybrid back into kovachii, to get something that is more than 50% kovachii, so the size will increase again, but hopefully have some pretty dark flowers...

It was hard to capture the color, but here it is with a dark black background:


with a natural background:



and compared to a Phrag. Jason Fischer to see it's size and to compare its color:


Robert

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

The pouch really caught my attention! That is a great colour

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Yay! You're doing it. You're getting some color into those kovachii hybrids!

That's a pretty flower for sure. Shame about the size, but you know, size isn't everything. I imagine though, that with a cross like this, there's potential for a lot of variation in color, intensity, shape and size in terms of the flowers.

 

[SlipperFan]

Can a red get any redder???!!!

 

[NYEric]

Dark! Yay besseae hybrids!

 

[abax]

Definitely an improvement over most kovach. I've seen. I don't think a
flower has to huge to be beautiful and desirable.

 

[eteson]

Robert, I like the dark coloration. The shape is not the best but I think it has huge potential in breeding! I like it a lot.

 

[Dido]

great dark color, the shoe looks liek a cherry

 

[Erythrone]

Great pouch and exceptional color. I love the contrast on the staminoid too

 

[eaborne]

Beautiful!

 

[phrag guy]

very red for sure

 

[Secundino]

The colour is intense, indeed. But I still prefer Jason Fischer (sorry, I'm no kovachi-fan). The red is a very beautiful red.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Has a similar cross been made with delassandroi instead of bessae in the background? Wondering if the branching influence may be seen.