Wanted Phragmipedium besseae fm. alba

[eteson]

I am looking for a few (4-6) blooming-size Phragmipedium besseae alba (actually yellow) from any where in the US, if any one has any leads please get in tough with me.
Thanks a lot!
Eliseo

 

[NYEric]

Welcome to the forum. Where are you located?

 

[eteson]

Welcome to the forum. Where are you located?

Hi NYEric, Thanks a lot for the welcome!

I am located in Colombia. I run a small propagation lab and my main interest is in Phrags. Here it is cheaper to get a wild collected plant than one propagated legally... but I hope that the tendency starts to change soon.

http://www.orquideasely.com/

 

[Heather]

Have you checked with Marilyn at Windy Hill?

 

[SlipperFan]

Welcome, Elesio.

You might also try Fox Valley Orchids (http://www.foxvalleyorchids.com), Piping Rock Orchids (http://www.pipingrockorchids.com) and Orchids Limited (https://www.orchidweb.com)

 

[NYEric]

Chuck Acker has a new flavum line of breeding from Germany that is supposed to be super.

 

[cnycharles]

Chuck Acker has a new flavum line of breeding from Germany that is supposed to be super.

are they available through oak hill or just through chuck's flask listings?

 

[NYEric]

Look on the Flasks by Acker site.

 

[cnycharles]

hmmm, found it listed under 'premium plants'... wants $150 for a single-growth plant

 

[li'l frog]

Chuck Acker got one awarded in Madison this winter, it's my avatar.

 

[goldenrose]

Chuck Acker got one awarded in Madison this winter, it's my avatar.

and I thought that was a flavum! So it's very pale yellow & considered an alba?

 

[NYEric]

No, there are no real albums!

 

[gonewild]

and I thought that was a flavum! So it's very pale yellow & considered an alba?

In the past any flower lacking the red pigment was called "alba".
White, green, yellow or combs of these colors were called alba.
That was before the taxonomists wanted to clarify things.

 

[SlipperFan]

In the past any flower lacking the red pigment was called "alba".
White, green, yellow or combs of these colors were called alba.
That was before the taxonomists wanted to clarify things.

:rollhappy::clap:

 

[NYEric]

Don't forget. According to the RHS there is no forma flavum!

 

[eteson]

Found!

Some of the Chuck´s flavum plants are on the way.
Thanks a lot!
Eliseo