NYEric
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Mine looks nothing like a straight besseae either...
Phragmipedium Rachel Kirk
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Phrag-Plus
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Are you talking about that one Eric?
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10896&highlight=rachel+kirk
For me it's a Cape Sunset or a schlimii influenced hybrid not a Rachel Kirk. It's a nice hybrid but you should not use that one as a reference for a Rachel Kirk. I'm agree it does'nt look like besseae at all...
Phrag-Plus
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Maybe the Don Wimber was really a besseae?
Seriously that is very pretty but looks exactly like besseae to me. I have several Rachel Kirks and there are none of them you would mistake for a besseae.
e-spice
This is the reason why I'm doing my own breeding, I'm sure of what I'm getting and sure of the parentage of my seedling. I aggreing with you than this first seedling to bloom, look a lot like a straight besseae. And I'm glad!
If it was looking different way, I'll ask myself many questions!
I had a look at your Rachel Kirk and I'm agreeing with your's doesn't look like besseae. Do you have the exact parentage of them.
In my opinion, this cross was made with the first released plants from the EYF when dallessandroï was not considered as a different specie and they use to breed them as a besseae. Your Rachel Kirk show a lot of the dalessandroï characteristics for me...
toddybear
Awarded Stud
Whatever it is, its very nice!
phrag guy
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I know what Jean-Pierre is saying. To often we have bought plants and when they flower you know they are not what they are supposed to be. Especially from 10 years ago.
This why I also make some of the older crosses to make new with. That way we know what we have. Nothing worse than making crosses with plants that have the wrong parents. Throws the whole breeding program a whack.
NYEric
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I'm kind of confident about mine because HP handed it to me!
