Phragmipedium Saint Ouen flavum 3N

[Erythrone]

Phragmipedium Saint Ouen flavum 3N (Hanne Popow falva color 'Peachy' x besseae flavum 'Taiyo' AM/AOS 4N). First bloom. I am in love with it.

 

[John M]

Drool!!!!!!

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice! It looks like straight besseae! So pure yellow

 

[Dido]

nice color is it bigger or the same size as the normal besseae flava

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

I love it too!!

 

[17andgrowing]

I want it

 

[Trimorph]

Nice pure yellow!

 

[Erythrone]

nice color is it bigger or the same size as the normal besseae flava

the bloom is only 6 cm wide but the plant is still a baby.


BTW it is grown in straight fast draining rockwool.

 

[SlipperFan]

St Ouen is one of the best hybrids ever, IMO. It is so variable it color, you could have a dozen and they would all be different. This one is really a beauty!

 

[John M]

St Ouen is one of the best hybrids ever, IMO. It is so variable it color, you could have a dozen and they would all be different. This one is really a beauty!

I guess that means instead of getting my own Saint Ouen I'm going to have to beg a piece of this one from Lise!....when it's older and bigger, of course.

 

[abax]

I'm in love with it too and I'm not even a Phrag. person...yet.

 

[JeanLux]

A Beauty!!!! Jean

 

[NYEric]

Yay besseae hybrids!

 

[phrag guy]

very nice,color is great

 

[Erythrone]

I guess that means instead of getting my own Saint Ouen I'm going to have to beg a piece of this one from Lise!....when it's older and bigger, of course.

Why not?

 

[Hera]

I'm very impressed!

 

[PaphMadMan]

SO nice to see a yellow Phrag that doesn't look weak and wimpy.

 

[NYEric]

SO nice to see a yellow Phrag that doesn't look weak and wimpy.

which ones look wimpy?

 

[Susie11]

So pretty.

 

[John M]

which ones look wimpy?

besseae flavum can't hold a candle to a healthy regular orange/red besseae in terms of plant, stem and flower substance and flower count. My regular besseae's regularly produce 12 to 15 flowers on a single main stem and when they side branch, I've seen up to 21 blooms in total on a single stem (not all open at once, of course!). However, my flavums make 2 to 4 blooms, tops, on a single stem and that stem is thin and flops over under the weight of the flower. They're beautiful; but, they're the 98 lb weakling little brother to regular orange/red besseae.