Phrag Saint Ouen 'TOP Yellow'

[Trevor Gulick]

This is just my first phrag to bloom, so it was interesting to see the stalk and flower develop. It's rather small perhaps, but I assume that the future flowers will be bigger perhaps? There's a mini cymbidium behind it.

 

[littlefrog]

Love that yellow color. If you get tired of it, send it to me and I'll send you some other colors...

It will probably get a bit bigger next time, but it is pretty typical for that type of breeding. Won't get huge flowers.

 

[abax]

I can hardly look at the lovely Phrag. because the Cym behind it is soooo gorgeous. Where did you find a mini Cym.?
What temperature range for culture? Wuh oh, Cym. envy again!

 

[Trevor Gulick]

It's miniature and temperature tolerant: Cymbidium Cherry Blossom 'Profusion' at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate

 

[Djthomp28]

Lovely Saint Ouen!

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! Thanks for sharing. The bloom looks about normal, as there aren''t a lot of big bloom yellow Phrag hybrids yet.

 

[NYEric]

I can hardly look at the lovely Phrag. because the Cym behind it is soooo gorgeous. Where did you find a mini Cym.?
What temperature range for culture? Wuh oh, Cym. envy again!

traitor!

 

[abax]

Oh yeah, say that again to my face Eric! I adore Cyms., but Phrags love the conditions in my gh. The fragrance is what
draws me to Chinese Cyms...the smell is hypnotic. I'd also love to know exactly what "temperature tolerant" means.

 

[Trevor Gulick]

It should be 'warm temperature tolerant', which means that they don't need the prolonged cold period to bloom. This is common for a lot of mini Cyms with the same background. This Cym never went outside, and it never goes below 55 inside.

 

[abax]

I wrote Alice at SBOE and she said 40F to bloom the minis. Trevor, you should send her a photo of your Cym. It might just
surprise her.

 

[NYEric]

Orchidglade, or someone in Florida, bred a line of warm tolerant Cymbids. Check that out. I can't grow them so enjoy. Phrags rule, BTW!

 

[Trevor Gulick]

I would trust this more: https://www.aos.org/orchids/culture-sheets/cymbidium.aspx. 55F is as low as my other orchids can go.