Phragmipedium Apollo ( Fritz Schomburg x kovachii )

[vandacee]

Phragmipedium Apollo ( Fritz Schomburg x kovachii )
First bloom !

 

[NYEric]

Looks like straight Fritz. Yay besseae hybrids!

 

[KateL]

Very exciting - it’s such an intriguing cross!
My first Apollo looked just like yours! It bloomed on a very small plant and only produced a single flower.
I don’t know how you feel about yours, but I am hoping mine improves a bit with maturity. I am hoping that some of the others I am trying to raise will present with better color saturation and form. As I mentioned to a slippertalk friend, the truth is that I am looking for something that is shaped like a great Fritz, only bigger, and trending toward that intense kovachii purple . . . and then I woke up.

 

[vandacee]

Very exciting - it’s such an intriguing cross!
My first Apollo looked just like yours! It bloomed on a very small plant and only produced a single flower.
I don’t know how you feel about yours, but I am hoping mine improves a bit with maturity. I am hoping that some of the others I am trying to raise will present with better color saturation and form. As I mentioned to a slippertalk friend, the truth is that I am looking for something that is shaped like a great Fritz, only bigger, and trending toward that intense kovachii purple . . . and then I woke up.

It is a young plant and one hardly leaves the heat!... it is not so bad for a first bloom!

 

[richgarrison]

Very exciting - it’s such an intriguing cross!
My first Apollo looked just like yours! It bloomed on a very small plant and only produced a single flower.
I don’t know how you feel about yours, but I am hoping mine improves a bit with maturity. I am hoping that some of the others I am trying to raise will present with better color saturation and form. As I mentioned to a slippertalk friend, the truth is that I am looking for something that is shaped like a great Fritz, only bigger, and trending toward that intense kovachii purple . . . and then I woke up.

what do you mean woke up... is my expectation also only a dream? Surely Chuck has some magic fairy dust that will make our dreams come true.

 

[KateL]

what do you mean woke up... is my expectation also only a dream? Surely Chuck has some magic fairy dust that will make our dreams come true.

Rich, I noticed that you didn’t “like“ my comment, lol. My first one to bloom didn’t come from Chuck, but I have some of his chugging along. Have you bloomed out any of yours yet?

 

[KateL]

Phragmipedium Apollo ( Fritz Schomburg x kovachii )
First bloom !

Andre, Does the deep pink shimmer in the morning sun?

 

[abax]

I think the flower is quite nice for a first bloom...a bit wonky here and there,
but it should improve a great deal in the future.

 

[Djthomp28]

Nice first time bloomer. I am anticipating seeing more of this hybrid!

 

[awesomei]

Good morning,
I have several from Chuck and one from another grower. They all seem to be slow growers and tend to be on the small side. I grow mine cool, just like my Kovachi.
George

 

[vandacee]

Andre, Does the deep pink shimmer in the morning sun?

No, KateL, I haven't experienced it. Too much rain right now!

 

[monocotman]

Good luck with this one on future flowerings Andre.
I have one from the Fischer's that is just starting it’s second growth and may flower on that. I don’t find it particularly slow, it’s similar to other hybrids of this type.
If you want a super vigorous hybrid like this then try to find Mem. Juan Alberto Arias ( eumelia arias X kovachii). Mine flowered on the second growth last winter and has just produced two new big new shoots.
David

 

[richgarrison]

Rich, I noticed that you didn’t “like“ my comment, lol. My first one to bloom didn’t come from Chuck, but I have some of his chugging along. Have you bloomed out any of yours yet?

Na still quite a ways to go.... stay tuned...