Phrag QF Maria.

[alex.sorensen51]

Has to be the most reliable orchid of my 30 or so Cats,phals laelias and phrags

 

[Kalyke]

Pretty. The QFs seem to be big in the phrag genetics now. The one's that I have are bushy and have nice big flowers.

 

[alex.sorensen51]

mine is very much a regulated growth...it has a sequence of leaf production lasting about a year and 1/2, flowering sequentially,with no more than 2 flowers on the stalk at any time.This year it has produced 5 flowers since initiation of the inflorescence in March, and today May30, it is in bud,and forming another.The stalk just grows higher,and forms a new bud from the last bract. Currently 19 inches of stalk, growing in a south facing exposure, in a tray,so 12 hours of sun.

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! Might grow stronger with stake assistance. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Heather]

Pretty. The QFs seem to be big in the phrag genetics now. The one's that I have are bushy and have nice big flowers.

Breeding has really changed in the last decade…

 

[alex.sorensen51]

it opened yesterday,now a 22 inch stem,and another bud just forming
lots of roots popping through the bottom of the pot in the tray.Not a huge flower,about 85 mm across,deep red.

 

[mwong9440]

Do you know if there is a dwarf form of QF Maria, foliage less than a foot tall? Or do these dwarf form will resume full size in few years. I have 3 of them vary in sizes

 

[alex.sorensen51]

mine is still flowering,showing a new bud after shedding the last petals and staminode . The stem is quite stiff,almost looking like a wire,while the plant is just 6 inches high,and a foot across even though the stem is so tall.