Sunday, February 25, 2007

New Plants



I got three new plants at the show this weekend: Phrag schlimii 'Wilcox' AM/AOS (first 2 pics), Phrag Sedenii 'Blush', and Paph Pinocchio x primulinum (last pic).

Pharg schlimii 'Wilcox' is a famoulsy misnamed clone that is over 100 years old. In reality it is guessed to be either Cardinale or Sedenii but its true parentage is unknown. As for my opinion, every Cardinale or Sedenii I've seen (except for ones labeled that way that are actually this clone) look nothing like this so I don't think it's either. It'll be interesting to see what my new Sedenii looks like when it blooms! Either way, this clone in my opinion represents the very best in Phrag breeding.

The primulinum cross is my first Cochlopetalum type paph so I'm quite excited about that, because I really like them. These types bloom sequentially and are nice and compact.

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Paph Norito Hasegawa, Phrag besseae 'Wings of Fire', Paph concolor, Paph delenatii.

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Paph Lola Bard, Cypripedium parviflorum, Paph Pinocchio x bellatulum, Paph Winston Churchill x gratrixianum

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From top to bottom: Phrag caudatum (1st 2), Phrag besseae 'Fire Engine' x 'First Choice', Phrag schlimii, Paph Gina Short.