Phrag "Who Knows"

[phrag guy]

Got this a few years ago,the first plant did not flower sent up a couple of babies,2 spikes this year.
Was labelled Andean Fire

 

[NYEric]

A better photo might help!

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Tag sound like to be ok for me... Got lots of lindleyanum characteristics (scape, flower, and stam...), usually they have a much more rounder bud, this one is very pointed. Is this a variation depending on the besseae used(like Ecuadorian form??) ??? Who knows?

 

[Shiva]

Indeed!

 

[Dido]

nice one

 

[SlipperFan]

Pretty color, at any rate.

 

[W. Beetus]

Beautiful color! Definitely not an Andean Fire, though.

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! but could have some fischeri also..

 

[Leo Schordje]

I think it could be Andean Fire (lindleyanum x besseae). The way the flowers are presented it looks a little odd, but if it presented with the petals and dorsal flat vertical to the camera, it might fit Andean Fire quite well. I have seen more than a few over the years, as I am the guy who registered that cross, way back in 1992. G.R. 'Dick' Clements was the originator, I bought several flats of these seedlings from his estate sale after he passed away. I registered the cross after I bloomed a few.

Look at the patterning in the pouch, if it has the lindleyanum/sargentianum/kaiteurum look, most likely lindleyanum is one parent. Color says besseae all the way for the other parent.

From this photo, I would guess Andean Fire.

 

[Erythrone]

It can be Andean Fire to me

 

[NYEric]

Yes, could be.

 

[biothanasis]

Very nice whatever it is!

 

[Brabantia]

Very nice red Phrag.