Phragmipedium Eric Young

[Tara]

An oldie but a goodie. I’ve had this plant 16 years or so. Had to divide it this year as it got too big to manage so I now have 5 different pots of it plus a single growth that I had to remove last September as it decided to grow over the rim of the pot…
This is from one of the larger divisions



And this is from last years escapee who decided to throw a spike… as it’s got a good root system already I thought I’d let it put on its show

 

[monocotman]

Lovely but you’ve fallen foul of the curse of the predictive text. Until your system learns the word Phragmipedium, beware!
David

 

[Tara]

Lovely but you’ve fallen foul of the curse of the predictive text. Until your system learns the word Phragmipedium, beware!
David

Oh boy…. I started the post on my phone and gave up, didn’t even notice the typo … ty
Managed to edit the title

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids! Where are you located?

 

[Tara]

We live on Anglesey, North Wales. We moved back to the UK 3 years ago after 30 years in the SW of France.

 

[Paphman910]

Really nice flowers! Your plant sounds like a vigorous grower!

 

[abax]

Very nice. I love the Eric Youngs.

 

[Greenpaph]

Beautiful clone!

 

[Tara]

This was the monster in January. The new growths would all have been outside the pot so it had to be sorted some how. All the divisions are showing good root growth so in a couple of years I’ll have multiple problems

 

[monocotman]

Great plant and flowers!

 

[NYEric]

Well grown, definitely a product of old, pre line-bred besseaes! Thanks for sharing.

 

[abax]

Wonderful presentation of the blooms.

 

[Tara]

For me a rare occurrence to get 3 blooms open at one time on a spike, so often perfect blooms drop before I get a chance at a group shot. Well not today

Phrag EY x3 by Tara Rerrie, on Flickr

happy dance time