I am curious, I am impressed that Glen has raised this to bloom so quickly. Where is this plant? Does it reside in Peru or here in the US? If it exists in the US, how could it have come from flasks imported in 2005?
I and others know how long it takes to do this from flask. Can someone clarify this timeline? The reason I am interested is that so much has been made of the "legality" of flasks and plants, it just seems to me that it is way too early to be seeing blooming hybrids from flasks that were done legally. On top of that, I have noticed all the great response about this cross. To me, seeing a single flowered Phrag that holds this flower for 14 days (tops) is not a great achievement. Crossing Pk with complex or simple besseae crosses is just going to make big puffy single, maybe double flowers at best. The sequential blooming is lost in that type of breeding. I truly believe that the crosses of Pk x longifolium and sargentianum are going to be the foundation of great Pk hybrids, just as it was with besseae which has created some of the best sequentially blooming Phrags to date! That is what I am waiting for. Barbara _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
