Phrag Don Wimber

[sgratrix]

[Paphraguy]

Very nice! How big is the bloom?

[OrchidTraci]

That is really nice, I love the colors! Is that easy to flower?

[sgratrix]

Traci - yes easy to bloom, I keep it in ProMix and sitting in a pan of water, it loves to be soaking wet.

[LJA]

Really pretty, sgratrix. Nice shot!

[Heather]

Very nice! Saw some pretty ones of these today. Thanks for sharing!

[uncasteeb]

Very nice.

[L I Jane]

I love the bessae crosses & much easier to grow than straight bessae which seems to poop out for me at least after a couple of years,Nice growing !!

[Jmoney]

I love the bessae crosses & much easier to grow than straight bessae which seems to poop out for me at least after a couple of years,Nice growing !!

Different clones vary in ease of culture, but I am pretty sure that the key to success with besseae is keeping the roots cool. Before I switched to s/h (which keeps the roots quite cool), I kept besseae in NZ sphag in clay pots. It was annoying in that I had to repot every 6 months, but the evaporative cooling really kept the roots cool, even in summer.

I talked to John @ Parkside earlier this year and he said he had some problems with besseae in the past, but found that putting them into clay/sphag seemed to get them through the summer in better shape.