Website Additions and Misc.

[tomkalina]

Now that the Fox Valley website and shopping cart are back in service, I added the following items just a while ago:

1) Phrag. Mem. Estelle Getty (flask) - a remake of a hybrid registered by R-J.
Quene' (Drorchid) using our albino longifolium fma album 'Fox Valley Mint'
and a beautiful pale purple fischeri. Looking for some unusual colors here.

2) Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball (Barbara Le Ann 'Select' x Rosalie Dixler 'Fox
Valley' AM/AOS) (seedling) - an exact remake of the hybrid that has
garnered AOS awards in the past for it's outstanding color and form.
Seedlings have 4-6" leaf spans.

Also just received the first Phrag. besseae 'Fox Valley' FCC/AOS (x self) flasks from the lab last week. The seedlings are still too small to ship, but should be ready in 4-6 weeks.

Finally, we have Phrag. besseae fma flavum 'Green Gold' (x self) seedlings that will be approaching salable size in about 6 weeks. This is the pale yellow-green clone selfing that I'm hoping may result in the first pure white besseae flower. Maybe unlikely, but it's worth a try.

 

[tomkalina]

Forgot to add:

1) There are four Phrag. Mem. Estelle Getty flasks available.

2) There are eight Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball seedlings available of the size described.

Thanks, Tom

 

[Chicago Chad]

Please write my name on one of the 'Green Gold' besseae. I am also interested in the Phrag kaieteurum. Do you have photos of the selfed parent plant? Or do you know the leaf span when blooming?

 

[tomkalina]

Hi Chad ,

You're first on the list for one of the Phrag. besseae 'Green Gold' selfings as soon as they're ready.

Unfortunately, I don't have a plant photo of Phrag. kaieteurum 'Fox Valley'. I divided the plant down to one growth and almost lost it. It is just now showing a small growth beside the old growth that almost perished. I think it'll survive, but it will be a long time before it reaches blooming size again.

 

[tomkalina]

We are now sold out of the Phrag. Mem. Estelle Getty flasks. Thanks!

 

[tomkalina]

The Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball seedlings are now gone as well (Thanks!). May have six more of salable size in time for the Chicagoland Orchidfest/ Mid-America Orchid Congress being held concurrently the weekend of Sept. 25-27 in Naperville and Villa Park, IL. We will once again have a table at Hausermann's as one of their guest growers.