Phrag Praying Mantis 'My Mantis'

[SlipperKing]

I've had this plant for a zellion years! It would grow then die then grow, finally I did it right and it rewarded me. I really like the corkscrew dorsal and the really cool petals! (longifolium X boisserianum)

And a close up

 

[Candace]

That dorsal is wild:>

 

[Corbin]

Yea!

 

[Ron-NY]

I love this primary...I had 2 spikes a couple of years ago and when the petals twisted, the flower on each spike looked like they were holding hands

 

[NYEric]

That dorsal is crazy man!

 

[Gilda]

Love yours ! So, how did you "do it right "?
..going to check the dorsal on mine now... woo hoo, mine corkscrews too, I just never saw it till you pointed it out !! Thanks !

 

[Greenpaph]

Very nice flowers!

:drool:

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Congrats! It's wonderful. :clap:

 

[Greenorchid]

Very nice dorsal...:clap:

 

[SlipperKing]

Love yours ! So, how did you "do it right "?
..going to check the dorsal on mine now... woo hoo, mine corkscrews too, I just never saw it till you pointed it out !! Thanks !

Well Gilda I guess I was forced into doing it right partly when I got remarried. I had to move, a 980 sq ft house wasn't going to "get it" with 8 people, now 9 in the family As a fact, the GH was almost the same size as my house! The old location was too shady for the Phrags. One out of a dozen might of bloomed in the 5 year period I lived there. Now I've bloomed 10 out the 2 dozen I have. Plus I increased the concentration of the fertizer from 100ppm to 150 of N. Thanks for asking, now lets see yours!

Rick H

 

[toddybear]

Wicked!

 

[biothanasis]

Truly a curly one... I love it!!!!

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice job. I like the curlies, also.

 

[GuRu]

Really stunning - green/brownish colouration and corkscrewed dorsal and petals. :drool:

Best regards from Germany, GuRu