Phrag. fischeri flower number 5.

[John M]

All but one flower has self-pollinated so far. Still, the flowers hold on for a decent length of time before they fade. 'Really loving this species!

 

[eaborne]

A beauty!

 

[Brabantia]

Beautiful !

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[phrag guy]

That one is very nice John

 

[Ozpaph]

just beautiful

 

[blondie]

Wounderful i love it

 

[Ryan Young]

That's beautiful!

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[abax]

Amazing John...5 blooms!!!!

 

[tomkalina]

Nice one, John!

 

[fibre]

very lovely!

 

[OrchidIsa]

So perfect! :drool:

 

[SlipperFan]

Oh, WOW!

 

[John M]

Thanks very much, everyone! It is so-oooo cute! .....And once I stopped overfeeding calcium, it's been a strong grower and seems to be quite happy now.

 

[abax]

Over feeding calcium, hmmm. Do you suppose using K-Lite (1/4 tsp) twice a month and potting in Orchiata could
be the problem with my tiny fischeri. Can that possibly be
too much calcium?

 

[Cosmic Orchid]

Beautiful flower, my favorite color. Great shape and style!

 

[John M]

Angela, I really don't know. I don't use K-Lite and have no idea what's in it. Also, I've never used Orchiata. Over the last year or so, I've used mostly Miracle Grow 24-8-16. I was overfeeding calcium when I used stream water AND I was adding Calcium Nitrate to my fertilizer solution. The stream water contains calcium as the stream flows over numerous limestone rock rapids. When I realized what was wrong, I continued to use the stream water; but, I completely stopped using the Calcium Nitrate. Now, I'm back to using R.O. water for daily misting and spot watering; but, each bench gets watered with stream water about once a week. The rest of the time, I use the R.O. water and because I still use stream water for some of the irrigating, I never use Calcium Nitrate any more.

If K-Lite has calcium in it....and/or if Orchiata has calcium added to it, then maybe too much calcium is what your fischeri is not happy with. I am assuming that your water is not loaded with calcium. If you use well water, it very well could be.

 

[Mark Karayannis]

Excellent John. Congrats

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Damn! Now that is round.

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for the info. I will try less calcium.

 

[Erythrone]

Lovely!